The Orioles announced that right-hander Dan Straily has accepted an outright assignment to Triple-A Norfolk. The club designated Straily on June 20.
There were unsurprisingly no takers via the waiver wire for Straily, who has struggled mightily since inking a major league deal worth $575K with Baltimore in early April. The 30-year-old Straily pitched to a 9.82 ERA/9.30 FIP with 6.23 K/9 and 4.15 BB/9 across 47 2/3 innings before the Orioles booted him from their roster. The club first tried switching Straily from its starting staff to its bullpen last month, but neither role has worked for him this season.
Straily’s fall from grace comes after a few useful seasons as a starter in the National League. He was effective in 2016 with the Reds, who brilliantly flipped him to the Marlins during the ensuing offseason in a trade that delivered Luis Castillo to Cincinnati. Straily then turned in a pair of decent seasons in Miami before the team released him prior to the current campaign.
I wish he didn’t accept his assignment
Lol i get it. A team that should be in full blown rebuild mode needs vets that can keep the ship somewhat afloat. Not taking up space in the minors where young players can develop. They should flat release him or let the struggles continue in the pros
He’s doing bad because his team isn’t good
Yeah that’s not how it works, pal.
Because those 22 home runs and walks are his team’s fault.
Right. He’s straight pitching bad on a bad baseball team. That’s a horrible combo
He’s doing bad because he isn’t any good and he pitches for a team that has a field with little league dimensions.
I feel bad for Orioles
Don’t cause in 3 years we will be the new Astros
We have a long way to go and a lot of draft picks to hit on to make that statement. Things are looking up for sure. We’ve just begun to climb the mountain though.
Out lower minors have a lot going for them; less so the upper, but I think even there there are several guys who will soon be upgrades and strong contributors.
Hate to burst your bubble, but in 3 years you won’t be the next Astro’s unless some drastic moves happen. Realistically, they have 5-7 years of rebuilding to go… their mgmt just doesn’t make moves that suggest they will successfully be rebuilt and playoff contenders in the next 3 years
5-7 years of rebuilding? The prospects you have now would be free agents in that time. No one has 5-7 years of rebuilding to go unless things go completely wrong. We should have a competitive possibly playoff contending team on the field in 3 years but we aren’t going to have a Houston Astros team unless we find some absolute stars in that timeframe and that’s a bit too quick.
Actually, with prospects, a lot has to go right to meet the 3 year prediction. Most don’t become stars and there’s very little foundation right now in Baltimore
Looks like he should try to go to the NPB, KBO or CPBL if he gets any offers.
Why were the Marlins so dead set on moving Castillo? Based off his stats and stuff, I felt like he was a future ace in the making even back then.
probably because everybody knew it was a bad move at the time so naturally the Marlins couldn’t help themselves