He was 10-11 last year with a 3.03 era? I would hardly call that " hitting a wall " My point is, if we offered him 12mil, why not just match the qualifying offer so if another team were to sign him we would get a free 1st round pick. So then we could have signed Morales and still had a first round pick.
Sorry, 3.30 era. Still not bad, especially with 202 strikeouts thrown in.