re: The ATL thread 7/3: Braves (Morton) @ Reds (Frick)

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What are the odds that Morton is back next year? He has a team option for 20 million with no buy out and has been locked in for the past month or so.

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Too early to tell, I’d imagine. Lot of things to keep an eye on: can Soroka come back and show enough at the end of the year to feel confident he can be back in the full-time rotation next year? Does Ian turn it around this year? Does Wright keep it going? Are these 1-half aberrations or do they last all year? How does Strider handle the 2nd half stress? Wtf happened to Ynoa? He was our #1 for a minute last year. Does DeGrom opt out, and do we actually make a play for him?

I think if AA gets the combination of answers he’s looking for, we won’t be bringing Charlie back. At least not at $20 million. There’s too high of a chance he falls off a cliff and gives you nothing or we just have enough other guys they trust to fill the rotation and can better use that $20 million elsewhere (like re-signing Dansby, extending Fried or Riley, etc…). You’d love to always have a veteran starter like Charlie in the rotation, but it’s just too big of an unnecessary risk at that price imo (assuming those questions get answered sufficiently).