Pirates pitcher Charlie Morton told Bill Brink of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Friday that his rehab from hip surgery is going well and that he expects to be ready by April. Morton had surgery on his right hip late September. He had the same procedure on his left hip in October of 2011, which caused him to miss one start in 2012. Morton indicated that he's rehabbing more aggressively this time around.
Morton registered a 3.72 ERA and 126:57 K:BB ratio in 157 1/3 innings in 2014.