Charlie Morton
40-Year-Old
2024 Stats
W-L
8-8
ERA
4.01
WHIP
1.30
K
161
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
Tosses quality start
Morton did not factor into the decision in Sunday's loss to the Dodgers, allowing one run on three hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings.
ANALYSIS
Morton blanked the Dodgers through four innings and allowed just two baserunners. They eventually got one in the fifth off a Shohei Ohtani double after the Dodgers opened up the frame with a single and a walk. Morton now has consecutive quality starts for the first time since July and has a 2.68 ERA over his last seven starts. He's now down to a 4.01 ERA, 1.30 WHIP and 161:59 K:BB in 155 innings and lines up for a favorable start against Miami later in the week.
Morton blanked the Dodgers through four innings and allowed just two baserunners. They eventually got one in the fifth off a Shohei Ohtani double after the Dodgers opened up the frame with a single and a walk. Morton now has consecutive quality starts for the first time since July and has a 2.68 ERA over his last seven starts. He's now down to a 4.01 ERA, 1.30 WHIP and 161:59 K:BB in 155 innings and lines up for a favorable start against Miami later in the week.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
93
Last 10 Games
91
Last 5 Games
98
How many pitches does Charlie Morton generally throw?
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What part of the game does Charlie Morton generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-7%
BAA vs LHP
2024
-10%
BAA vs LHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .232 | 300 | 124 | 210 | 34 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .249 | 249 | 81 | 231 | 29 | |||
2024vs Left | .234 | 101 | 44 | 70 | 8 | |||
2024vs Right | .261 | 60 | 15 | 72 | 13 | |||
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
-32%
ERA at Home
2024
-24%
ERA at Home
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 3.27 | 1.22 | 253.0 | 10.7 | 3.4 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 4.78 | 1.42 | 237.1 | 9.4 | 4.1 | ||||
2024Home | 3.54 | 1.35 | 89.0 | 9.2 | 3.6 | ||||
2024Away | 4.64 | 1.23 | 66.0 | 9.5 | 3.1 | ||||
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
2.73K/9
9.3BB/9
3.4HR/9
1.2Fastball
94.0 mphERA
4.01WHIP
1.30BABIP
.305GB/FB
1.74Left On Base
72.3%Exit Velocity
81.0 mphBarrels/BBE
5.5%Spin Rate
2546 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
23.7%Swinging Strike
11.6%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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Pitches well in loss
Morton (8-8) took the loss Monday, giving up one run on six hits and two walks over 6.2 innings in a 1-0 loss to the Mets. He struck out seven.
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Finishes strong for eighth victory
Morton (8-7) earned the win over Colorado on Wednesday, allowing two runs on five hits and three walks while striking out eight batters over five innings.
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One out shy of quality start
Morton allowed three runs on five hits and four walks while striking out seven over 5.2 innings in a no-decision versus Philadelphia on Thursday.
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Strikes out six in no-decision
Morton did not factor into the decision in Saturday's win over the Nationals, allowing two runs on eight hits and two walks over 5.2 innings while striking out six.
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Back to .500 with win
Morton (7-7) got the win Sunday over the Angels, allowing one run on two hits and two walks while striking out seven over 5.1 innings.
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Undecided on retirement
According to Justin Toscano of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Morton remains undecided on whether he'll continue pitching after the 2024 campaign.
ANALYSIS
The 40-year-old has seriously considered retirement during the past couple offseasons, but to this point he's opted to continue his career in Atlanta. Morton has been a respectable rotation piece again in 2024 and has a 4.29 ERA, 1.28 WHIP and 127:46 K:BB across 126 innings. The right-hander will be a free agent this winter, and it's unclear if Atlanta is interested in bringing him back once again. Morton indicated that conversations with his family and the teams interested in signing him will dictate whether or not he's back for an 18th MLB season.
The 40-year-old has seriously considered retirement during the past couple offseasons, but to this point he's opted to continue his career in Atlanta. Morton has been a respectable rotation piece again in 2024 and has a 4.29 ERA, 1.28 WHIP and 127:46 K:BB across 126 innings. The right-hander will be a free agent this winter, and it's unclear if Atlanta is interested in bringing him back once again. Morton indicated that conversations with his family and the teams interested in signing him will dictate whether or not he's back for an 18th MLB season.