The Orioles claimed outfielder John Andreoli off waivers from the Mariners, the club has announced. Andreoli had been designated for assignment yesterday. Baltimore has sent him to Triple-A Norfolk.
Andreoli is quite an interesting player. The 28-year-old enjoyed a solid season with the Mariners’ Triple-A affiliate, hitting .287 with a .397 on-base percentage across 388 plate appearances. The disclaimer is that an unsustainable .381 BABIP is largely to thank for that, so it wouldn’t be shocking to see those figures drop by 50 points apiece if he regresses to the mean. In addition, the former 17th-rounder has exhibited very little power; he sports an ISO of just .114. He made his major league debut this season, notching a hit and a walk in six plate appearances prior to being designated for assignment yesterday.
Andreoli is capable of playing all three outfield positions, meaning he stands a chance of working his way into Baltimore’s outfield mix next season should be perform well in September. The Orioles will lose long-time franchise icon Adam Jones to free agency this winter, and as such there’ll be a large opening in the outfield for which Andreoli could throw his hat into the ring.
Incredible pickup. Postseason for sure next year.
I dunno man it might be enough for them to win out the entire rest of the year and if they can pay someone off to change past games then they could make it this year!
Six-year free agent after the season, but maybe Andreoli shows BAL enough that they bring him back on a minor-league deal to provide the RH-hitting OF depth that the Orioles had sought in recent Rule 5 drafts.
I’d like to see Andreoli play in the major leagues for a full month and see how he does. He has some really nice stats in the minors with his .287 AVG and .397 OBP.
He seems to be good on defense and is likely to have positive regression in his power numbers due to his batted ball tendencies. That should offset the high BABIP which shall go down to .330.
This story reads of analytic crapola.
He’s a 4A player that got picked up by a 4A club.
I’ll let you in on a secret 99% of players outrighted off a teams 40 man during the season are 4A Players. You take a chance and try to find that one that can actually play.
Well brad hand andrew miller derek rodriguez come to mind as players clubs thought were 4A type players and once they found their place it worked.
He could have a very good career a RH platoon option for all we know.
He wasn’t bad when in the Cubs minor league system great defense and decent speed might be ok in O’s System maybe a 4 TH OF or a RH platoon guy.
Always thought this was a good player who deserves a shot at the Bigs.
what exactly is quite interesting about him?
Another anti-Oriole as Duquette tries to remake the culture of the organization, finding guys with speed and on-base skills instead of low walk, high whiff power hitters who can’t play defense (Trumbo, Alvarez, Valencia, etc. – don’t include Davis because he walks and can play defense so he doesn’t quite fit the mold).
Andreoli, Andreoli, welcome to the Oriolies…
sorry guys
He was in a stacked Cubs system for years, cracked into the majors with Sea, now has an excellent chance for MLB time with Bal. Great opportunity for a great guy–go get em!