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Charlie Morton's $15M Contract Option for 2021 to Be Declined by Rays

Right-hander followed up his career year in 2019 by helping the to the World Series, but the team has decided to move on from him and decline his $15 million third-year option, general manager Erik Neander said, per Marc Tompkin of the Tampa Bay Times.

The 36-year-old joined the team on a two-year, $30 million deal in free agency in 2019, after he spent two seasons with the Houston Astros, where he won the World Series in 2017.

Before Houston, he spent a year in Philadelphia—a brief stint compared to his seven seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates.