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NORTH PORT, Fla. — It’s a 40-minute drive from Charlie Morton’s house in Bradenton, Florida, to the Atlanta Braves training camp in North Port. Each day during his spring training commute, the 40-year-old father of four does a mental transformation, going from husband/dad to major-league pitcher.

when he hops on I-75 North to drive back home at the end of the day, to Cindy and the kids, Morton tries to transform back to daddy mode. Though sometimes he’s not entirely successful.

“And I don’t like that,” Morton said. “I’ve definitely noticed that. I’ve definitely noticed the things about me, those thoughts and feelings I have when I’m the ballplayer. And then when I go home, it’s like … I don’t know, but I think you just start to act differently. Not in a bad way. I’m not like like strutting around the house like a peacock. But I just feel it. And I think it’s that that feeling of the weight of it, of baseball. Like, making sure that you’re still good.

Let’s be clear: Morton wasn’t complaining, wasn’t asking for or expecting any sympathy. He is paid $20 million to pitch, something he still loves doing, at an age when most of his contemporaries have long since retired. He is 19 years older than the top starting-pitcher prospects in Braves camp, AJ Smith-Shawver and Hurston Waldrep, and to Morton it feels more like 25 years because those players and some others in camp look about 15 to him.

Such is the view when you’ve been in pro ball as long as some in the clubhouse have been on earth

But Morton is always candid and introspective. Refreshingly so. And when asked about something serious — or almost anything really — he answers thoughtfully rather than reaching back for a cliché. So, we had a discussion about this transformation he feels he must do each day this spring when he’s among the small number of major-league players who are close enough to live at home during spring training.

That mental thing he does on the way to the ballpark is something Morton believes he owes to his team and himself. He can’t accept giving less than his best or being distracted, or else he would’ve just said no when the Braves called to tell him they were exercising the $20 million option on his contract.

“It’s knowing that people care, and knowing that you have to succeed for your teammates and your organization and the city, the fans,” Morton said. “I think it becomes like this force that’s, like, pushing down on you, and you have to derive something inside of you that pushes against it. And I think that friction with the game and the failure and successes and all of that, I think that’s kind of what keeps you in motion

Braves officials love for their young players to be around Morton. Though he doesn’t speak loudly or say as much as some, when he speaks everyone listens. He’s universally respected among teammates, and Morton shares anything and everything he’s learned along the way.

“He’s one of the most genuine people that you can ever meet,” Braves pitcher Max Fried said. “He works hard. He’s obviously an amazing person. You can go to him in any situation. But to see him still be as determined and dedicated and as talented as he is, at 40 now — he’s only been getting better. He had an unbelievable season last year. I know it ended not the way he wanted, but you can tell that there’s a determination to kind

right Of course, the Braves aren’t paying him $20 million because he’s a swell guy. They exercised his opti

because Morton remains a high-level pitcher. He’s 37-24 with a 3.77 ERA in 94 starts over the past three seasons with the Braves, with 604 strikeouts in 521 innings.

“I always say there’s only so much of the pie to go around, so you’re just trying to make sure that financially it can work to have a good team,” said Alex Anthopoulos, Braves general manager and president of baseball operations. “Having Charlie Morton on this team, there was no doubt about it.”

Last season Morton had a 3.32 ERA through his first start in September, then gave up 10 runs in 10 2/3 innings over his next two before leaving his final start after one inning with a finger-ligament injury that sidelined Morton for the National League Division Series, which the Braves lost

ncer Strider, who led the majors in strikeouts last year in his first full season, has leaned heavily on Morton.

“He’s just one of the best guys I’ve ever met,” Strider said. “I mean, just a phenomenal person. Very considerate. And you talk about somebody whose strengths are their strengths. There’s nobody like Charlie. Just what he provides is really invaluable. And the kind of a guy who goes about things quietly, somebody you learn from observing rather than anything else.

Charlie had a great year,” Anthopoulos said. “I know he hit the IL right at the end, but he’s been able to post for us in all three years. And, I mean, he had an ERA in the mid-3s. There were some things that I think are easy things he can continue to get better at. But this stuff is still very good. … His curveball is still elite, the fastball’s still elite. And we think he’s poised to have another great year again.”

Morton first noticed that mental dynamic he referenced — the friction, or push and pull, as he describes it — more than a decade ago, when he was coming back from Tommy John surgery in 2013. He tore up his elbow when he was less than a year removed from his first good season in the majors in 2011 when he had a 3.83 ERA in 29 starts for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

“It was a year-long rehab,” Morton said. “I was going to make my first (post-surgery) major-league start, I think, like, 364 days or something from surgery. And immediately I pulled up to the park and it’s like, you put up or shut up. Sure, you’ve been nice and comfortable (while rehabbing). You go to the gym, you throw, you do all these things. I picked up a couple of hobbies (during rehab). And we had a kid.

“But sure as s—, I showed up for that start and it was like, this is it, you’re back on the stage. And I think that’s that feeling. If you don’t have that feeling, it’s danger zone, because that’s what really keeps you going, that push and pull.

He’s played for World Series championship teams with Houston and Atlanta, but it’s not the pursuit of another ring that’s the most attractive aspect of continuing to pitch, nor is it the money, though that’s certainly nice. What he loves most is the camaraderie of the clubhouse, particularly this clubhouse.