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 group’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 position 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 Ok.C. in 2023. It appears doable that the Orioles may have Davidson begin tomorrow’s regular-season finale in opposition to the Twins, or a minimum of chew up a number 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 might be all about staying wholesome upfront of their first postseason sport on Tuesday.
Baker’s choice implies 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 aid innings this season, it didn’t look like Baker was going to be a part of a playoff roster anyhow, even when his ERA was skewed by a really low 57% strand price.