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 crew’s Spring Coaching advanced 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 the whole 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 largely as a reliever within the first a part of the yr, Davidson has began his final 11 Triple-A with Norfolk, returning to the rotation function he loved for many of his three massive league campaigns earlier than he was virtually fully utilized out of the bullpen with L.A. and Ok.C. in 2023. It appears attainable that the Orioles may have Davidson begin tomorrow’s regular-season finale in opposition to the Twins, or at the least chew up a number of innings with a view 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 prematurely of their first postseason recreation on Tuesday.
Baker’s choice signifies that he received’t be eligible to be a part of the roster for the Wild Card Collection or Division Collection, ought to the O’s advance. With a 5.01 ERA in 23 1/3 reduction innings this season, it didn’t seem to be 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.
