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Orioles Select Mark Kolozsvary, Place Ryan Mountcastle On Injured List

By Anthony Franco | June 13, 2023 at 6:04pm CDT

The Orioles announced a last-minute move before tonight’s matchup with the Blue Jays. Catcher Mark Kolozsvary has been selected onto the big league roster while first baseman Ryan Mountcastle is headed to the 10-day injured list, retroactive to June 10, due to vertigo. In order to clear a 40-man roster spot, Baltimore designated minor league righty Noah Denoyer for assignment.

Kolozsvary is in position to make his O’s debut. Baltimore claimed him off waivers from the Reds at the start of the offseason. A few weeks later, they successfully passed him through waivers to keep him in the organization. He’s made 20 appearances for their top affiliate in Norfolk, hitting .162/.250/.265 with 26 strikeouts and five walks.

The 27-year-old backstop has never been much of an offensive threat. He’s a career .171/.283/.290 hitter at the Triple-A level. His glove secured him a 10-game MLB audition with Cincinnati last season. It’ll similarly land him at least a brief look in Baltimore behind Adley Rutschman and James McCann.

Mountcastle hasn’t played since August 8 because of an illness. Teams can backdate an IL placement for a maximum of three days. The O’s have decided to give the righty-swinging infielder at least another week to sort through vertigo symptoms that have apparently been plaguing him. It has been a tough season for Mountcastle, who carries a career-worst .227/.264/.421 batting line through 261 trips to the plate. Ryan O’Hearn and Josh Lester have gotten first base looks in his absence recently.

Denoyer landed a 40-man roster spot early last offseason. The 6’5″ hurler would otherwise have been eligible for the Rule 5 draft. He’d been coming off a 2.89 ERA showing across three minor league levels and the O’s were evidently concerned another team would take a shot on him as an MLB middle reliever.

His results have backed up this season, his first full year in Norfolk. Denoyer has tallied 30 1/3 innings across 14 outings (four starts), typically working 2-3 frame stints. He’s managed a 5.04 ERA. That’s largely a reflection of a massive spike in free passes. After walking just 6.1% of opponents last season, he has walked over 15% of batters faced this year. Denoyer’s 23.3% strikeout percentage and 48.8% ground-ball rate are still solid, but the newfound control issues pushed him off the roster.

Baltimore will trade him or put him on waivers within the next week. He’s in his first of three option years, so any team that takes a shot on him could keep him in the upper minors for the foreseeable future if they’re willing to put him on the 40-man.

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  1. Ham Fighter

    4 months ago

    He’ll be DFA in about 40hrs

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  2. DarkSide830

    4 months ago

    Losing Denoyer to bring up a horrible hitting C is…interesting.

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    • HBan22

      4 months ago

      I agree. Denoyer has had kind of a tough season but was looking like a potentially solid reliever the past couple of years.

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    • KingOmar

      4 months ago

      I think it’s not about Denoyer. My theory is Elias wants to give that 40-man spot to Eduardo Bazardo or Reed Garrett, but the immediate need (with pen rested from day off plus KC sweep) was to keep Rutsch & McCann available for whatever is needed over the series with Toronto while Mountcastle is out. Once the series is over, DFA Kolosvary and give the roster spot to a reliever who can help NOW. And Denoyer clearly needs another few months in AAA.

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      • BrianStrowman9

        4 months ago

        @Omar

        Yeah. This is about needing a 40 man slot for a different move. Mark K is a temporary addition. The BP is rested after the strong pitching against KC. Denoyer was the most expandable to him.

        I would’ve thought Watkins first but I will not question the O’s FO on that move.

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  3. DodgerDan

    4 months ago

    Call up Cowser!!!

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  4. MacGromit

    4 months ago

    Puzzling. Hope they don’t McCann him and let him DH with his poor bat. I’ll try to trust the process.

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  5. DCartrow

    4 months ago

    I hear Mountcastle has been obsessively making his wife dress up like Kim Novak lately.

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  6. ahh

    4 months ago

    If Mountcastle has really been out with an illness since August 8 like the story says, he should get a second opinion.

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    • Lanidrac

      4 months ago

      He should be in the hospital!

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  7. gr81t2

    4 months ago

    As smart as Elias has been, moves like this are just questionably stupid. How on earth can this guy help the team? Send Mateo down and bring up Westburg and Cowser or Heston

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    • BrianStrowman9

      4 months ago

      I don’t like this move in isolation but it shouldn’t be looked at like that.

      The 3rd catcher will be DFA’d soon. I wrote before about the 40 man crunch that the O’s have. Means and Tate will have to be added back at some point. You want to add any of Westy, Kjerstad, or cowser—-that’s another spot needed.

      There’s just not a lot of space to be had. Denoyer has a chance to make it as a big leaguer somewhere but he was the most obvious choice to go for now.

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      • BrianStrowman9

        4 months ago

        Well—personally I would’ve went with a Watkins DFA. But Denoyer was #2 on the pecking order after him. I doubt he makes it past Means & Tate’s return himself.

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  8. C Yards Jeff

    4 months ago

    Kriehbel before Watkins for me.

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    • BrianStrowman9

      4 months ago

      Joey’s gone.

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      • BrianStrowman9

        4 months ago

        Off the 40 man for a couple months now.

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        • C Yards Jeff

          4 months ago

          Oops, my bad.

          Reply
  9. joeflaccosunibrow 2

    4 months ago

    “Mountcastle hasn’t played since August 8 because of an illness.”

    Mountcastle has been out for a while!

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