Charlie Morton A Sleeper?

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24 year-old Braves righty Charlie Morton seemingly came out of nowhere to post a 2.05 ERA in 79 Triple A innings this year.  That included a solid 2.67 K/BB ratio.  Morton hadn't appeared in Baseball America's top 30 Braves prospects since '05.  Can't blame them - he'd never posted an ERA below 4.29 . Reading this article from BA , Morton seems like a guy whose numbers never ... [link]

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Minor League Skills Leaders: Pitcher GB%
Published 6/24/2008 by Mike Podhorzer at THE FANTASY BASEBALL GENERALS
... the 60% groundball is intriguing, and he’s still young enough (the youngest on this Top 15 list actually) to continue developing. Rotoworld’s original analysis when the trade was made was that he could end up as a setup man or a closer, given that his command could be a problem and he doesn’t have much of a changeup. Nevertheless, he’s someone to keep an eye on. I discussed Charlie Morton yesterday and he seems to be getting some attention, as our friends at RotoAuthority posted a short note on him yesterday . So last Sunday, I was looking at the probable starters for this ...

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