ATLANTA — New Atlanta Braves pitching prospect Raudy Reyes won’t turn 17 until August and has a fastball that’s touched 102 mph. Even in this velocity-obsessed era in baseball, when triple-digit heaters aren’t the rarity they were years ago, topping 100 mph at age 16 remains stunning.

Here’s what The Baltimore Sun sports staff had to say immediately after the Orioles agreed to a one-year deal with pitcher Charlie Morton.

Charlie Morton will be expected to bring stability to the Orioles’ pitching staff as a durable, middle-of-the-rotation starter.

It’s not worth waiting a few days until I’m grabbing a coffee at the office or sitting around the hockey rink enjoying a postgame refreshment to find out whether the question will come. I already know it will.

Yesterday the Baltimore Orioles signed Charlie Morton, to a 1 year, $15M deal. Morton becomes the O’s fourth significant addition this off-season to go along with Tomoyuki Sugano, Gary Sanchez, and Tyler O’Neill.

Veteran right-hander Charlie Morton and the Baltimore Orioles agreed to a one-year, $15 million contract on Friday. The 41-year-old Morton, the hero of Game 7 of the 2017 World Series with Houston, wi

The Athletic's MLB Senior Writer Keith Law discusses the Baltimore Orioles signing Charlie Morton to a one year deal.

BALTIMORE -- Andrew Kittredge and the Baltimore Orioles finalized a $10 million, one-year contract on Monday. The reliever gets a $9 million salary this year and the agreement includes a $9 million team option for 2026 with a $1 million buyout.

The Orioles are paying Zach Eflin like a front-end starter in 2025, but he will need to take on a greater workload to assume the title of an ace.

So far this offseason, the Orioles’ additions to their pitching staff had all been starters, having previously inked Charlie Morton and Tomoyuki Sugano to one-year deals with plans to slot the right-handers into the rotation.

For the Orioles, who have already increased spending under first-year owner David Rubenstein and have potential extensions for some of their young stars to consider, a long-term commitment to a player such as Santander might not have fit their plans. But a shorter-term deal, while forcing some creative roster adjustments, might make more sense.

Two months after the Orioles poached catcher René Pinto off waivers from the Rays, the Diamondbacks became the latest team to take a flier on the backstop.