1. 新闻来源：
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2. 新闻标题：
Cubs To Sign Brandon Morrow
3. 新闻内容：
By Connor Byrne | December 10, 2017 at 2:38pm CDT
3:54pm: It’s a two-year accord with an option for 2020, Jeff Passan of Yahoo
Sports tweets. The deal is pending a physical.
2:38pm: The Cubs will sign Morrow to a contract worth $10MM to $11MM per
year, according to Heyman. The length of the deal is not yet known (Twitter
link).
2:03pm: The Cubs are “moving quickly” to sign free agent reliever Brandon
Morrow, Bruce Levine of 670thescore.com reports (Twitter link). The two sides
are “closing in” on an agreement, Jon Heyman of FanRag tweets. The Cubs’
interest in Morrow dates back to at least November, when Patrick Mooney of
NBC Sports Chicago reported they had identified him as a target. Morrow is a
Wasserman client.
The Cubs’ need for Morrow is greater than it was a few weeks ago,
considering they’ve since cut ties with Hector Rondon and haven’t re-signed
any of Wade Davis, Brian Duensing or Koji Uehara. Those four were among the
relievers Chicago relied on the most last season, leaving the club in clear
need of bullpen help to complement holdovers Carl Edwards Jr., Pedro Strop,
Mike Montgomery and Justin Wilson. Consequently, in addition to Morrow, the
Cubs are likely to sign one other late-inning reliever, per Ken Rosenthal of
The Athletic (Twitter link).
The 33-year-old Morrow will provide a significant boost to the Cubs’ relief
corps if last season is any indication. In his first full campaign as a
reliever, the former Mariners, Blue Jays and Padres starter put past shoulder
issues behind him to toss 43 2/3 innings with the National League-winning
Dodgers and pitch to a 2.06 ERA, also notching 10.31 K/9 against 1.85 BB/9
and a 45 percent groundball rate. Moreover, the right-hander finished third
among relievers with 40-plus innings in infield fly rate (20.6 percent) and
18th in swinging-strike percentage (16.0).
Statistically, the hard-throwing Morrow wasn’t quite as successful during
the Dodgers’ run to the World Series as he was in the regular season,
yielding six earned runs in 13 2/3 innings, but four of those came in one
disastrous appearance in Game 5 of the Fall Classic. He was highly effective
otherwise – including when he held the Cubs scoreless over 4 2/3, one-hit,
seven-strikeout innings in the National League Championship Series – and
became the second hurler in major league history to pitch all seven games of
the World Series.
Morrow’s workload in last season’s playoffs, in which the Dodgers deployed
him in an eye-popping 14 of 15 games, and injury history stand out as obvious
concerns, but his 2017 dominance nonetheless has him in position to secure a
lucrative contract. That’s quite a change from a year ago when Morrow had to
settle for a minor league pact in late January.
4. 新闻连结：
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5. 备注：
(1) 小熊以每年$10~11M的2年约附带2020年选择权签下现年33岁的Brandon Morrow，合约
待体检完成即生效。
(2) 小熊不续约Hector Rondon，也还没签回Wade Davis、Brian Duensing或上原浩治，签
下Morrow预计将后段局数的任务交给他。
(3) 小熊队明年预计的牛棚阵容：
A. CL/SU：Brandon Morrow(?)。
B. RP：Carl Edwards Jr.、Pedro Strop、Mike Montgomery(L)、Justin Wilson(L)、
Justin Grimm。
(4) 曾担任过水手、蓝鸟、教士的先发轮值之一，但都因为肩膀的伤势困扰着他。今年道
奇以小联盟约签下，他担任后援投手表现精采，缴出2.06 ERA、10.31 K/9、1.85 BB/9和
45%的滚地球比率；此外，在所有超过40局投球的后援投手中，制造内野飞球比率(20.6%)
排名第三、挥空率(16.0)排名第18。
(5) 今年季后赛13.2局丢了6分，其中4分来自最惨的世界大赛第五战，他也是史上第二位
世界大赛七战全上的投手，但在此之前的国联冠军赛对上小熊4.2局仅挨1安投出7K。
(6) Brandon Morrow今年球季在道奇队的成绩表现：
ERA HLD SV SVO IP SO HR BB FIP WHIP
2.06 10 2 3 43.2 50 0 9 1.55 0.916