The Cubs have returned Rule 5 Draft pick Gray Fenter to the Orioles, per an announcement from Baltimore. The O’s have assigned the right-hander to major league spring training as a reserve.
Fenter was a seventh-round pick of the Orioles in 2015 who joined the franchise for a massive bonus ($1MM) relative to his draft position. While Fenter has since pitched to a 3.21 ERA and struck out over 10 batters per nine in 230 minor league innings, the 25-year-old hasn’t climbed above the Single-A level yet. He also underwent Tommy John surgery in 2016, wiping out that season and a large portion of the next year for him.
Fenter had an excellent year during the most recent minors season, 2019, when he logged a 1.81 ERA in 94 1/3 innings in Single-A. FanGraphs’ Eric Longenhagen wrote last December that Fenter “sat 91-93 and touched 95” that season.
Not enough advanced baseball experience to carry him on the team all season…makes sense
First name is spelled wrong. should be Gary and not Gray.
It sounds like a car name: Cubs return Gray Fenter to Enterprise Rent-a-Car
Fenter Benter
Take it up with his parents.
Sox fans drunkest in baseball. It’s Gray.
Anyway it’s Grey and not Gary then.
That’s how they spelled it when I went to school.
You went to school? Somewhat surprising…
Puig needs to go back home if the allegations are true.
Or the woman can take seek payback in a more Ray Donovan-ish type avenue.
I think with a full healthy minor league season he’ll be an Oriole in 2022. He’s got the stuff but not the time on the mound. Or maybe not. What the hell do I know?
You know how to spell Gary. Or grey not gray.
Is this shtick supposed to be funny?
Not sure. It falls into a gray area.
You sure it’s not Gary Area? Dude was great for the Padres in the 70s.
Dumpster-Divin’ Jed gives something back to the dumpsters from which he’s taken so much.
If you are going to write something, say something worth reading .. keep the worthless, meaningless, brainless comments in your texts with your friends
Hmmm…..
Nah.
Baseballpun yay. Jk nay. The public has spoken.
Ditto to you negative Nancy
Don’t feed the trolls. Ignore them and they will get bored
Good advice.
MLBTR, as a whole, has a good stream of info. The writers work hard to give readers timely, mostly accurate info from across the league and most fans comments (+/-) offer something to the conversation…
These ‘Trolls’ comments are them throwing trash out their window while driving down the road… somehow they think they are being cool(?)
Btw .. wishing Fenter luck w/the O’s he is good enough to deserve a shot, just not as a rule 5
Returning the favor for the O’s preemptively returning Rucker.
How you know if he’s any good if you don’t give him a chance. Teams are ruining players career because they don’t have an ERA below 3.
ruining how?
Rucker further along the path to MLB than Fenter. Cubs were able to strengthen staff after seeing full season with some fans possible. Made Fenter expendable.
Drafting a Rule V player from the worst organization in baseball seemed like a poor decision from get-go, no?
that’s…not how it works.
Not yet at least.
As of 2031, every team will have their draft pick slot determined by their win-loss records. The decision was announced as being approved by the team-picked player representatives, team owners, and commissioner Rob Manfred the II.
Return to Fenter
The rich get richer