Charlie Morton

The Phillies gave first baseman Ryan Howard a great sendoff on Fan Appreciation Day.   While the Phillies could not outwardly say that Howard would not return; the team had to formally decline his contract option for 2017.  Today, the day after the World Series the Phillies just did that...

One day after, he was pounded for seven runs in three innings by the Dodgers, the Phillies placed starting pitcher Zach Eflin on the 15-day disabled list with patellar tendinopathy in both knees, and recalled lefty pitcher Elvis Araujo from Triple-A Lehigh Valley...

When the Phillies traded for starting pitcher Charlie Morton and agreed to a $9 million salary for 2016, the Phillies hoped to have some veteran stability that the team lacked in 2015. Morton pitched his usual up-and-down self throughout his first few starts of the 2016 season, until he met an unfortunate fate Saturday night...

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Phillies acquired right-handed pitcher Charlie Morton from the Pirates for minor league pitcher David Whitehead. Morton, 32, went 9-9 with a 4.81 ERA, 1.38 WHIP and 96 strikeouts over 129 innings in 23 starts with the Pirates in 2015...