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Orioles Claim Carson Fulmer

By Mark Polishuk | September 5, 2020 at 4:56pm CDT

The Orioles have claimed right-hander Carson Fulmer off waivers from the Pirates, the team announced.  The Fulmer move was one of a series of transactions made this afternoon by the O’s, who also called up righty David Hess from their alternate training site, sent right-hander Evan Phillips to the alternate site, and added infield prospect Rylan Bannon to the 60-man player pool.  This is all in addition to the most notable news of the day for the club, as breakout star Anthony Santander is headed to the injured list with a potentially season-ending injury.

Fulmer will be joining his fourth organization in less than two months, as the 26-year-old has already been a waiver claim for both the Pirates and Tigers since being originally designated for assignment by the White Sox back on July 23.  Fulmer is out of options, which is why teams have been unable to just send him to their alternate training sites without another club pouncing on the right-hander on the waiver wire.  Within this whirlwind of movement, Fulmer has amassed 6 2/3 innings pitched this season, all with Detroit, with a 6.75 ERA.

The eighth overall pick of the 2015 draft, Fulmer has yet to live up to expectations in the majors, with a career 6.57 ERA, 1.34 K/BB rate, and 8.0 K/9 over 101 1/3 career IP with the Tigers and White Sox.  Given his prospect pedigree and relatively young age, it isn’t hard to see why the Orioles (and other clubs) have been interested in taking a look at Fulmer as a potential post-hype breakout player.

Bannon, 24, was an eight-round pick for the Orioles in the 2017 draft.  A product of Xavier University, Bannon has a .280/.375/.481 slash line and 43 home runs over 1234 career minor league plate appearances, which included 90 PA and 20 games with Baltimore’s Triple-A affiliate in 2019.  It remains to be seen if the O’s have Bannon in mind for a September call-up, though he will provide depth as both a second baseman and third baseman if he does make his MLB debut this year.

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  1. realsox

    5 years ago

    He’s still young and has plenty of potential Good move by the Orioles. Good luck, Carson.

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    • Old User Name

      5 years ago

      The Yankees will make him look like Jim Palmer.

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      • thedimitriinla

        5 years ago

        Yanks’ offense is putrid (if that’s essentially what you meant).

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        • Jbigz12

          5 years ago

          The Yankees have scored 4 more runs and have hit 5 more HRS than the O’s. Even with the half a million injuries they have had.

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        • Vince_1010

          5 years ago

          And 956 times the payroll … you are an idiot

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        • mstrchef13

          5 years ago

          So you’re saying that even with the injuries they have a better offense than the O’s. And that means what exactly? The O’s were supposed to be the worst team in baseball.

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        • Jbigz12

          5 years ago

          Jesus we’ve some very sensitive Orioles fans. I happen to be one as well.

          I don’t think the Orioles offense has been putrid. If the Yanks have put more runs on the board I’m gonna have to say they haven’t been half bad considering all the injuries. Both look to be in the top half in runs scored….

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        • Zeeman

          5 years ago

          Now if only Chris Davis would do the right thing and retire

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        • thedimitriinla

          5 years ago

          The Yanks offense, even with the injuries, have performed way below expectations. Much of their highly touted talent from a few years ago has been really bad this year.

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  2. rdiddy75

    5 years ago

    Bannon was an 8th Rounder for the Dodgers and was one of the prospects acquired in the Machado trade.

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  3. ChangedName

    5 years ago

    Draft pedigree keeping a career alive.

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  4. TJECK109

    5 years ago

    He’s 26 and on his fourth team, one of them was the worse team in baseball and you think some how he’s got plenty of potential? Waived by the Pirates and Tigers.

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    • thedimitriinla

      5 years ago

      Maybe maybe not but the O’s are doing a nice job of developing players these days. So we’ll see.

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  5. astrosfansince1974

    5 years ago

    Does Fuller continue to get paid the MLB minimum while he jumps from team to team while not playing?

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  6. markakis

    5 years ago

    Bannon was a prospect acquired for Manny Machado.

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  7. cdav45

    5 years ago

    I’m an Indians fan, but this is the type of move that a rebuilding team like the Orioles should make. Good luck and I hope that he realizes his potential again.

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  8. Metsfan9

    5 years ago

    The funny thing is that this guy was a top prospect and now he’s just one of those guys that bounces between teams off waivers

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    • Dogbone

      5 years ago

      Remember, he was a Kenny Williams ‘top prospect’. That’s a very looowwww bar.

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      • Kelly Wunsch N' Munch

        5 years ago

        Dogbone, Just because you can’t let a single post about anything to do with the White Sox, let alone a former player without trolling doesn’t remotely make any of your takes accurate. Fulmer was highly regarded coming out of College. Not only by the White Sox, but many other teams. It was pretty much consensus that the White Sox should have taken him where they did at the time.

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  9. nymetsking

    5 years ago

    Over/under on how long he stays here. 2 Weeks?

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  10. bravesfan

    5 years ago

    Keeps getting flipped around… look, these rebuild teams just need to hold on to him. He might recapture some of that “top prospect” magic. He’s young enough to take that risk. I think we all know he isn’t gonna be an ace starter by any means, but I think his stuff is good enough to be a strong bullpen arm. Just needs to figure it out

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    • jhomeslice

      5 years ago

      Top prospect magic… I don’t think that’s relevant. Look at his last 5 years including 2020, he has barely been able to post an ERA under 5 anywhere during that span of time, majors or minors. ERA of between 6 and 8 many instances during that time. I am a Sox fan and know his history very well. If he was doing well in the minors but not the majors it would be one thing, but he has been bad EVERYWHERE for like 5 years.

      Dropped by Sox, Tigers, Pirates already…. good luck to any team that thinks they will have better luck with him. The Sox are famous for their poor draft choices, he is a poster child for that.

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