ATLANTA -- Nineteen years after being part of the same draft class as Brian McCann and Jeff Francoeur , Charlie Morton returned to the Braves and helped them win the 2021 World Series . The 41-year-old hurler’s latest return to Atlanta sets him up to retire with the club that raised him.

Morton signed a Major League deal with the Braves on Monday, one day after being released by the Tigers . Exactly when and how he will be used during this final week of the regular season will be determined after he arrives in Atlanta on Tuesday and has a conversation with Braves manager Brian Snitker.

“We just got him back, so I don’t know what the plan will be,” Snitker said. “I talked to him on Saturday afternoon before batting practice and this wasn’t even on the radar.”

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