Veteran pitcher Charlie Morton returns for another season, signing with the Baltimore Orioles for a reported $15 million.
Forty-one-year-old veteran Charlie Morton is returning for an 18th major league season, signing a one-year deal with the Baltimore Orioles on Friday. The Orioles have announced a one-year deal with RHP Charlie Morton . According to a source, the deal is worth $15 million. Throughout his 17 seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Braves, Rays, Philadelphia Phillies, and Houston Astros, Morton has a 138-123 record.
He is a two-time All-Star and a two-time World Series champion (2017, 2021) who has achieved double-digit wins in six different seasons. With the Rays, Morton went 16-6 in the 2019 season, and he helped Tampa reach the World Series in the COVID-shortened season. He was 2-2 that year in nine appearances. Morton struck out 167 batters in 165.1 innings for Atlanta this past year, still showcasing his signature curveball and a solid sinking fastball. Morton has thrown 163.1 innings or more in each of the last four seasons with Atlanta. He also threw 194.2 innings in 2019, meaning that he's reached the 163.1 or more mark in each of the last five full seasons. The aforementioned 2020 season was obviously shortened. With Baltimore, he is projected to join a rotation alongside Grayson Rodriguez, Kyle Bradish, and Tomoyuki Sugano, who just signed from Japan. The Orioles have made the playoffs in each of the last two years but were eliminated without winning a round in both years. They lost in the ALDS in 2023 and the wild card round in 2024
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