Orioles Claim Lefty Pitcher Cionel Pérez From Reds, Filling Out 40-Man Roster

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore Orioles connected Wednesday claimed left-handed pitcher Cionel Pérez from the Cincinnati Reds.

For now, the team’s 40-man roster is full, but the nine could perchance region players and walk them done waivers to escaped up spots.

A autochthonal of Cuba, Pérez appeared successful 25 games for the Reds past play and had a 6.38 ERA and 1.708 WHIP (walks and hits per innings pitched). In 45 large league games crossed 4 seasons, Pérez has a 6.04 ERA and 1.579 WHIP.

He spent his archetypal 3 seasons with the Houston Astros organization, the erstwhile location of Orioles enforcement vice president and wide manager Mike Elias. The Astros signed Pérez to a $2 cardinal woody successful December 2016, 2 months aft the squad voided a $5.15 cardinal declaration with the pitcher owed to concerns with his physical, according to a study connected MLB.com.

The 25-year-old has had amended numbers successful 89 insignificant league games, 40 of them starts, tallying a 3.60 ERA successful 252 1/3 innings pitched. In 2021, helium had a 3.26 ERA successful 30 1/3 insignificant league innings, striking retired 41 batters.

Last week, the Orioles added six players to the team’s 40-man roster up of the deadline to support insignificant leaguers successful the Rule 5 draft, scheduled for Dec. 8.

Players who signed astatine property 18 oregon younger and person 5 years acquisition are eligible to beryllium selected if they are not connected a team’s 40-man roster. Players who signed astatine property 19 oregon older and person 4 years acquisition are besides eligible if they are not protected connected a 40-man roster.

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The draught day could beryllium pushed backmost if the players and the league bash not hold connected a caller corporate bargaining agreement. The existent woody is acceptable to expire connected Dec. 1.