The Braves have put righty Charlie Morton on the 15-day IL with right index finger inflammation. He's the second Atlanta starting pitcher to go on the IL in the past three days, joining left-hander Max Fried.
"This is more a question about effectiveness," Morton said Friday night."I can pitch. I can go out there and pitch but the next start I make is probably going to be in the postseason, if I had to guess. It's not a game in late May or early August. It's going to be the biggest of the season. That's where the frustration comes in and the question mark comes in.
Fried, 29, is 8-1 with a 2.55 ERA in 14 starts. He struck out 80 batters and walked 18 in 77⅔ innings. Fried, the Cy Young Award runner-up in 2022, missed about three months of this season with a strained left forearm. Atlanta has clinched the National League East and entered Sunday with the best record in baseball at 99-55.
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