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Orioles’ Keegan Akin To Undergo Abdominal Surgery

By Steve Adams and Anthony Franco | September 24, 2021 at 3:33pm CDT

The Orioles announced today that left-hander Keegan Akin has been placed on the 10-day injured list. Baltimore selected the contract of catcher Nick Ciuffo and recalled right-hander Joey Krehbiel from Triple-A Norfolk. Akin will undergo abdominal surgery in the near future, tweets MLB.com’s Joe Trezza. He’s expected to be ready for Spring Training 2022.

A former second-round draft pick, Akin has been regarded as one of the better young pitchers in the Orioles’ system over the past few years. He’s posted strong strikeout rates throughout his minor league tenure to earn his first big league look last season.

Akin has yet to carry that lower-level success over against MLB hitters. He’s tossed 120 2/3 big league frames over the past couple years, managing just a 6.19 ERA with slightly worse than average strikeout and walk rates (21.5% and 9.2%, respectively). Excepting John Means, the Orioles have gotten very little from their starting pitching options this season. That should give Akin another opportunity to stake a claim to a permanent rotation spot in 2022, assuming he’s back at full strength next spring as expected.

Ciuffo returns to the big leagues for the first time in two years. He’s a former first-round pick and highly-regarded prospect himself, but the 26-year-old wound up tallying just 50 MLB plate appearances with the Rays, his original organization. Ciuffo spent last season with the Rangers on a minor league deal but never landed a big league opportunity and reentered minor league free agency last winter.

The O’s added Ciuffo on another minors deal in December. He was assigned to Triple-A Norfolk but only picked up 58 plate appearances there after losing most of the season to injury. The left-handed hitter will get an opportunity to back up Pedro Severino and Austin Wynns for the season’s final few games. He’d be controllable well beyond this season if the O’s front office decides to carry him on the 40-man roster through the upcoming offseason.

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10 Comments

  1. FletcherFan66

    4 years ago

    Glad to see the Orioles are hopeful that the league MCP (Most Cutest Player) will be back in time for his 2022 Cy Young campaign

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    • Fever Pitch Guy

      4 years ago

      Thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery.

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  2. sadosfan

    4 years ago

    That could mean anything. A torn muscle or an appendix. Sense this is a surprise surgery I will go with appendix.

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    • mstrchef13

      4 years ago

      Especially since he just pitched two days ago with no apparent discomfort.

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  3. Fly over fan

    4 years ago

    Hey Fletch
    Keegan says “Thanks Mom”

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  4. oriole

    4 years ago

    Hopefully he is DFA this offseason. He stinks

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    • Rsox

      4 years ago

      Left handed starter with six years of team controll? Not getting DFA’d anytime soon

      Reply
  5. Dorothy_Mantooth

    4 years ago

    Keegan was Akin

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  6. calvinisthobbesian

    4 years ago

    If Akin makes next year’s rotation it’s an indicator the team is headed for another 100 loss season. And forget about his start two days ago. September games between teams going nowhere mean zilch.

    Reply
    • deron867

      4 years ago

      Yeah because MLB players quit trying to hit in meaningless games [eyeroll]

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