The Orioles introduced that they’ve chosen the contract of left-hander Tucker Davidson from Triple-A Norfolk. Righty Bryan Baker was optioned to the workforce’s Spring Coaching complicated within the corresponding transfer.
Davidson has a 5.98 ERA over 125 profession MLB innings with the Braves, Angels, and Royals from 2020-23, and he got here to Baltimore through a waiver declare off Kansas Metropolis’s roster final October. Davidson has spent your complete season at Triple-A, posting a 3.89 ERA, 20.7% strikeout price, and 9.1% stroll price in 115 2/3 innings of labor.
Pitching principally as a reliever within the first a part of the 12 months, Davidson has began his final 11 Triple-A with Norfolk, returning to the rotation function he loved for many of his three large league campaigns earlier than he was nearly fully utilized out of the bullpen with L.A. and Okay.C. in 2023. It appears potential that the Orioles could have Davidson begin tomorrow’s regular-season finale towards the Twins, or at the very least chew up a whole lot of innings so as to save different pitchers’ arms for the playoffs. Baltimore is locked into the highest AL wild card seed, so the Orioles’ final two video games will likely be all about staying wholesome upfront of their first postseason sport on Tuesday.
Baker’s choice signifies that he received’t be eligible to be a part of the roster for the Wild Card Sequence or Division Sequence, ought to the O’s advance. With a 5.01 ERA in 23 1/3 reduction innings this season, it didn’t look like Baker was going to be a part of a playoff roster in any case, even when his ERA was skewed by a really low 57% strand price.
