Top Nine Players Mohawk Valley Gave Up On Too Early

By Matt Eddy

Every manager knows the sense of regret that comes with releasing or trading a player too early, only to see him find success with a new team.

The Lions still rue trading Brandon Morrow before he
blossomed north of the border

Mohawk Valley knows the feeling all too well, having given up on at least nine players the club drafted and then unceremoniously dumped before they blossomed in the big leagues. This doesn't necessarily mean the players would have been Strat-O-Matic monsters, but these players had obvious utility in their post-Lions careers.

1. Brandon Morrow, rhp
2008 draft (3rd round)

Perhaps the worst trade in club history occurred after the 2009 season, when the Lions dealt Morrow to the Stars for Chris Volstad. Morrow spent three wild years in the Mariners bullpen (5.8 BB/9) before growing into a power starter with the Blue Jays (9.8 SO/9) from 2010-12, while Volstad never did much of anything in MLB or the MMDA.