JULY 22: The Orioles announced that Wright has been released. The Reynolds Sports Management client is free to sign with any club.
JULY 15: The Orioles have designated lefty Wesley Wright for assignment, the team announced. The MLB.com transactions page first cited the move. Wright had been on the 60-day DL, but now hits DFA limbo immediately upon being activated.
Wright, 30, only made it into two big league games this year after signing a one-year, $1.7MM free agent deal with Baltimore. Shoulder issues have plagued the southpaw, who has struggled to a 7.71 ERA in ten rehab appearances at Triple-A, striking out five and walking seven in 11 2/3 innings. Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com adds that Wright has struggled to regain his usual velocity.
Last year, Wright was an effective member of the Cubs bullpen. Over 48 1/3 frames, he put up a 3.14 ERA with 6.9 K/9, 3.5 BB/9 and a 52.1 percent ground-ball rate. Wright was especially dominant against opposing lefties, and should get another look from a team in need of depth in that specialty.
Isn’t it about time for Russ Canzler to be part of DFA limbo again?
Another free agent miss from this offseason. Everyone that was supposed to replace someone leaving has failed terribly.
I don’t think there are any free agents left that DD signed except for Chaz Roe and no one expected anything out of him.
No one really expected anything out of the free agents DD signed this year.
Mets may give him a look. They have lots of good bullpen arms, but no lefty specialist. Blevins does not seem close to returning, and Alex Torres has reverse splits. Robles has options. This has the smell of a potential Alderson dumpster dive.
Coming off of injury with a high era in AAA no reason to have kept Wright around on the 25 man.
The Orioles made the wright choice