Charlie Morton injury: Braves add lefty Tucker Davidson to roster as injury replacement

The Atlanta Braves eliminated right-handed pitcher Charlie Morton from their World Collection roster on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after he suffered a fractured fibula during his Game 1 start. Main League Baseball authorized lefty Tucker Davidson as an harm substitute, the league introduced.

Morton, who will flip 38 years previous in November, was struck within the leg by a Yuli Gurriel early in Sport 1. Although he continued to pitch at first, the ache later grew to become an excessive amount of for him to deal with. It was then that the Braves found the fracture. 

CBS Sports profiled seven pitchers as a potential option to replace Morton and Davidson was not amongst them. The 25-year-old lefty was shut down with a forearm harm in June, although he returned in time to make a three-inning begin with Atlanta’s Triple-A affiliate on the ultimate day of the minor league season.

Davidson made 4 begins with the Braves this 12 months, pitching to a 3.60 ERA with 18 strikeouts in 20 innings. In 4 Triple-A begins, he allowed three runs with 28 strikeouts in 23 innings. MLB.com ranks Davidson the No. 7 prospect in Atlanta’s system. This is a snippet of their scouting report:

Davidson entered the 2020 season with a three-pitch combine, beginning with a fastball that may contact 97 mph persistently, velocity he can preserve all through his begins, lacking bats up within the zone, but additionally sinking it all the way down to get weak contact on the bottom … He added a definite slider throughout his time on the alternate coaching web site, a pitch that flashes above-average and now provides him 4 weapons in his arsenal.

Davidson joins Drew Smyly and Kyle Wright as candidates to supply size out of the bullpen. The Braves had been already planning a bullpen sport in Sport 4, and now will want one in Sport 5 as nicely, assuming the sport is critical.

Morton is predicted to be prepared for subsequent spring coaching. Throughout the common season, he began 33 instances and amassed a 3.34 ERA (132 ERA+) and a 3.72 strikeout-to-walk ratio. The Braves signed him to an extension in September that can pay him $20 million subsequent 12 months. That deal features a membership possibility for the 2023 season.

The Braves will try and take a commanding 2-0 lead within the best-of-seven collection on Wednesday evening. Atlanta will begin lefty Max Fried whereas the Houston Astros give the nod to right-hander José Urquidy.

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