As was speculated quite a bit since the news about his designation for assignment and the subsequent release by the Detroit Tigers, the Atlanta Braves indeed yield starting pitcher Charlie Morton according to several reports. What is unknown, according to several reports, including Mark Bowman of MLB.com, is if that means Morton will pitch again this season or will retire (or speculatively spoken, try to return in 2026).
UPDATE: The signing is officially designated with Rookie Jhancarlos Lara Optioned and Reliever Carson Ragsdale for assignment. Lara was called up prior to the Tigers series, but did not appear in a game. Ragsdale was claimed remotely last week.
Earlier this afternoon the team announced that the Reliever Joel Payamps of the Milwaukee Brewers had added and co -reliever Connor Seabold had designated for assignment. Seabold himself was an exemption claim of the Tampa Bay Rays in August.
Payamps, 31, was not effective this season, but has been in the past, so this is another kite on an arm that might be back on a spring training in 2026.
The big news here is Morton, one of the most respected players in the game. Listed by the Braves, he debuted in 2008 before being traded on the Pittsburgh Pirates. He returned to Atlanta in 2021 – famous in a strikeout in the World Series after he broke his leg through a line drive – and threw the organization through last season.
He joined the Baltimore Orioles to start the 2025 season before he was traded to the Tigers. He lost his place in the rotation with Baltimore earlier in the season, but re-established his form and rotation place in the summer. That production fell after joining the Tigers, who broke the ties with the veteran after his bad start against the Braves on Sunday.
The Braves play The Pirates in the last series of the season, so if this were the Swan number for Morton, it would play for and against the two teams with whom he spent 12 of his 18 big league seasons.
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