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Orioles Sign Niko Goodrum, Burch Smith To Minor League Deals

By Anthony Franco | June 28, 2024 at 9:38pm CDT

The Orioles announced the signing of utility player Niko Goodrum and reliever Burch Smith to minor league contracts. Both players hit free agency last week — Goodrum after clearing outright waivers by the Pirates, Smith upon being released by the Marlins.

Goodrum is on his fifth organization of the season. He has bounced between the Twins, Rays, Angels and Pirates going back to Spring Training. The switch-hitter has appeared in 13 big league contests split between Tampa Bay and Los Angeles. He’s hitting .103/.188/.103 with 10 strikeouts and three walks. Goodrum has logged 75 Triple-A plate appearances with a far superior .270/.387/.444 slash. He has drawn 11 walks with three home runs in that limited sample.

The 32-year-old Goodrum has appeared in parts of seven MLB campaigns. He’s a career .224/.297/.383 hitter over nearly 1600 big league plate appearances. Goodrum played a portion of the 2023 season in Korea, turning in a .295/.373/.387 batting line in 201 trips to the plate. He provides a depth option at virtually every position outside of catcher and center field.

Smith, 34, pitched 29 2/3 innings with the Marlins this year. The right-hander was in camp with the Rays on a non-roster contract before leveraging an upward mobility clause into an MLB look in Miami. Smith pitched in mostly low-leverage situations out of Skip Schumaker’s bullpen. He turned in a 4.25 earned run average behind a solid 47% grounder percentage. He didn’t miss many bats, though, striking out 17% of batters faced with a meager 8.6% swinging strike rate.

That stint in Miami was Smith’s first big league action in three years. He also had a brief stay in Korea last season but only made one start before suffering a shoulder injury. His velocity returned this season, as he averaged a solid 94.4 MPH on his four-seam fastball. He’ll head to Triple-A Norfolk and try to pitch his way into a middle relief role at Camden Yards.

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  1. Chicken In Philly?

    1 year ago

    Smith was decent in Miami and cost nothing. Why did they release him?

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  2. King123

    1 year ago

    Why Burch got axed is a mystery to many. Softwood perhaps?

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  3. Dickiesox

    1 year ago

    Poor dude is constantly on the move. Hope he can figure things out. Always rooting for him. He is a super kind and charitable individual. My kid plays challenger baseball and while Niko was playing in Rochester for the Red Wings (Minnesota affiliate at the time) he was always making appearances for fundraisers, guest bartending, helping out with skills day and the challenger World Series and doing meet and greets. Good dude.

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