Detroit Tigers right-hander Charlie Morton has a 5.42 ERA with 48 walks and 101 strikeouts in 101⅓ innings in 23 games (17 starts) with the Orioles.
PHILADELPHIA — The Detroit Tigers added to their starting rotation at the buzzer.
The Tigers acquired right-hander Charlie Morton in a trade with the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday, July 31, just moments before the 6 p.m. trade deadline.
The 41-year-old becomes a free agent after the 2025 season.
It is not clear at this time who or what the Tigers sent back to the Orioles.
Morton has a 5.42 ERA with 48 walks and 101 strikeouts across 101⅓ innings in 23 games (17 starts). He has a 4.08 ERA in his 18-year MLB career.
He joins a Tigers rotation that currently includes Tarik Skubal, Jack Flaherty, Casey Mize, Chris Paddack and Troy Melton. Morton pitched for Tigers manager A.J. Hinch as a member of the Houston Astros in 2017-18, winning the 2017 World Series.
This story has been updated.
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