The Orioles have claimed infielder Emmanuel Rivera off waivers from the Marlins, per bulletins from each golf equipment. Rivera was designated for task by the Marlins a number of days in the past. The Orioles opened a 40-man spot by designating infielder Terrin Vavra for task.
Rivera, 28, is in his fourth main league season and he’ll now be becoming a member of his fourth main league membership. He’s been in 314 massive league video games between the Royals, Marlins and Diamondbacks, largely serving as a light-hitting infielder with robust glovework.
In 969 plate appearances, he has hit .239/.302/.354 for a wRC+ of 81. That features a line of .214/.294/.269 and a 61 wRC+ this yr. He has logged slightly below 2,000 innings at third base in his profession, racking up 11 Defensive Runs Saved and 5 Outs Above Common.
The Orioles had a surplus of place gamers not too way back but it surely has been thinned out in current weeks. Jordan Westburg, Jorge Mateo and Heston Kjerstad all landed on the injured listing on the finish of July. Austin Hays was traded to the Phillies and the membership additionally traded Connor Norby and Kyle Stowers to the Marlins. Coincidentally, Norby’s promotion earlier this week nudged Rivera off that membership’s roster.
The membership just lately gave Coby Mayo a shot on the scorching nook with Westburg out, however despatched Mayo again down after he obtained only one hit in his first 20 plate appearances, hanging out 10 occasions. Ramón Urías is protecting third now however his defensive metrics are oddly down this yr. He has a robust fame for his glovework however has -3 DRS and -7 OAA at third base in 2024.
Maybe the O’s will attempt Rivera at third with Urías going again to being a multi-positional man. Liván Soto is on the roster however he has choices and might be despatched down when Rivera studies to the membership. Rivera is on tempo to qualify for arbitration this winter and might be retained if he lasts on Baltimore’s roster by the season and so they determine to tender him a contract.
Vavra, 27, was as soon as a notable prospect however has struggled in current seasons. A 3rd-round decide of the Rockies in 2018, he went to the O’s within the August 2020 commerce that despatched Mychal Givens to Colorado. Vavra then slashed .275/.406/.449 throughout a number of ranges in 2021 for a wRC+ of 138. Baltimore added him to their 40-man roster in November of that yr to maintain him out of the Rule 5 draft.
In 2022, he served as an up-and-down depth participant for the O’s and carried out properly. He slashed .258/.340/.337 in his 40 main league video games, precisely league common efficiency. He additionally had a robust slash of .324/.435/.451 in 45 Triple-A video games. However in 2023, he missed time on account of shoulder points, finally getting identified with a torn labrum in his proper shoulder that required surgical procedure. He solely performed 43 video games that yr, majors and minors mixed.
Outrighted off the roster in November, he obtained his spot again in July when Mateo hit the injured listing however was optioned the following day. He has a line of .243/.350/.368 in Triple-A this yr, which interprets to a 92 wRC+.
Vavra is in his closing possibility yr and might be out of choices subsequent season, although he has lower than a yr of service time. The O’s should place him on waivers within the coming days because the commerce deadline has handed. It’s been a tough couple of years but when any membership is desirous about his pre-surgery kind, they might management him for a few years to return. If he passes by waivers unclaimed, his earlier outright offers him the best to elect free company.
