Charlie Morton
40-Year-Old
2024 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
0.00
WHIP
0.00
K
0
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Morton continued to fend off Father Time by starting 30 games. He's started at least that many every season since 2018, excluding the truncated 2020 campaign. Morton's control showed signs of age as he posted an 11.6 percent walk rate, the highest since his rookie season. His 25.6 percent strikeout rate dropped a couple of ticks, but it was still within range of the previous few seasons. Morton's elevated walk rate resulted in his highest WHIP since 2012, but Lady Luck was on his side with a low 9.4 percent home run per fly ball rate and a 77.6 percent left on base mark, keeping his ERA in check, albeit at least half a run below the associated estimators. Morton's didn't lose any velocity, but it's still fair to be worried about his spike in control. Atlanta isn't concerned as they picked up Morton's $20 million team option for his 40-year-old season. Hoping for one more productive season is defensible, but Morton should be considered a luxury item, and not counted on as a staff staple. Read Past Outlooks
Fans seven Saturday
Morton gave up three runs on five hits and a walk over five innings in Saturday's Grapefruit League game against the Pirates. He struck out seven.
ANALYSIS
He appears just about ready for the start of the season. Morton did serve up two homers Saturday, a two-run shot by Jack Suwinski in the first inning and a solo shot by Billy McKinney in the third, but they were the first two long balls he's allowed this spring, while Morton's 10:3 K:BB through 7.2 Grapefruit League innings highlights his still-impressive strikeout upside. The 40-year-old delivered a 3.64 ERA, 1.43 WHIP and 183:83 K:BB over 30 starts and 163.1 innings for Atlanta in 2023.
He appears just about ready for the start of the season. Morton did serve up two homers Saturday, a two-run shot by Jack Suwinski in the first inning and a solo shot by Billy McKinney in the third, but they were the first two long balls he's allowed this spring, while Morton's 10:3 K:BB through 7.2 Grapefruit League innings highlights his still-impressive strikeout upside. The 40-year-old delivered a 3.64 ERA, 1.43 WHIP and 183:83 K:BB over 30 starts and 163.1 innings for Atlanta in 2023.
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Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-6%
BAA vs LHP
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BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .231 | 199 | 80 | 140 | 26 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .245 | 189 | 66 | 159 | 16 | |||
2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2024vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2023vs Left | .234 | 100 | 47 | 68 | 8 | |||
2023vs Right | .253 | 83 | 36 | 82 | 6 | |||
2022vs Left | .229 | 99 | 33 | 72 | 18 | |||
2022vs Right | .236 | 106 | 30 | 77 | 10 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-35%
ERA at Home
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ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 3.13 | 1.15 | 164.0 | 11.5 | 3.3 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 4.83 | 1.50 | 171.1 | 9.4 | 4.5 | ||||
2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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2023Home | 3.23 | 1.22 | 75.1 | 10.9 | 3.6 | ||||
2023Away | 3.99 | 1.60 | 88.0 | 9.4 | 5.4 | ||||
2022Home | 3.05 | 1.08 | 88.2 | 12.1 | 3.0 | ||||
2022Away | 5.72 | 1.39 | 83.1 | 9.3 | 3.6 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Charlie Morton compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.20K/9
10.1BB/9
4.6HR/9
0.8Fastball
94.8 mphERA
3.64WHIP
1.43BABIP
.329GB/FB
1.50Left On Base
76.4%Exit Velocity
83.1 mphBarrels/BBE
5.5%Spin Rate
2580 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
26.6%Swinging Strike
13.2%Advanced Pitching Stats
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This could be Morton's ride into the baseball sunset as he enters his age-39 season. Atlanta holds a team option for 2024 at $20 million. After helping the club get to and win a championship in 2021, Morton returned from the fractured fibula he suffered in the World Series to go 9-6 with a 4.34 ERA across 172 innings spanning 31 starts last season. For the second consecutive year, Morton was knocked out of the postseason by a comebacker, this time to the elbow although this one didn't do nearly as much damage. He can still drop his excellent curveball in for strikeouts -- he finished 10th in baseball with 205 punchouts last season -- but everything else in his repertoire is rather hittable at this stage. The walks ticked up last year (8.7 BB%) as he nibbled more. Morton has a great defensive outfield behind him and a lot of offense to support him so while there is some age-related decline showing, he can still do a lot of good for a fantasy team.
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Blanks Tigers in spring debut
Morton gave up two hits and two walks over 2.2 scoreless innings during Tuesday's Grapefruit League game against Detroit. He struck out three.
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Gets 2024 option picked up
Atlanta exercised Morton's $20 million team option for the 2024 season on Monday, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports.
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Throws bullpen session
Morton (finger) threw a bullpen session Friday, Mark Bowman of MLB.com reports.
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Lands on injured list
Morton was placed on the 15-day injured list Sunday with right index finger inflammation.
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Sent for MRI on finger
Morton will undergo an MRI on Saturday after leaving his start Friday at Washington with right index finger discomfort, Mark Bowman of MLB.com reports.
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