In December 2018, with his two-year manage Houston ran out, a resurgent Charlie Morton signed a two-year, $30 million agreement with the Tampa Bay Rays, substantially enhancing his very own job revenues while becoming his new team's most highly-paid player, without a doubt. The step exercised for both sides, as Morton's job renaissance took off in Tampa Bay, with a career-best 6.0 fWAR period in 2019. Fast onward a little bit, missing past an injury-hampered pandemic season, a second-best period ever with the Braves in 2021, and disappointing dropoff in 2022, and you have Morton, age 39, in the middle of a bounceback campaign, heading back to his prior stomping ground to start a weekend break showdown.Yes, the Braves and Rays are, currently, both best teams in MLB. At 58-28, the Braves have an 8.5-game lead in the department and have actually lost just 5 times considering that the begin of June. The Rays are 57-33, with a four-game division lead of their very own, but after an unbelievable beginning to their period, they have actually truly strike a skid lately. Tampa bay Bay has actually shed five straight for the initial time all period, and are 6-11 in their last 17 games. They lost a series in Seattle and after that were swept by the Phillies in your home, and have won simply one series given that mid-June, while doing things like splitting a four-game set with the Royals. There's no blatant smoking cigarettes gun for the team's recent battles 6:40 pm EDTTropicana FieldSt. Petersburg, FLTV: Apple TV+R adio: 680 AM/93.7 FM The FanXM Radio: Online/Ch. 89, https://www.raysshorts.com