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Orioles Select Yaramil Hiraldo

By Nick Deeds | May 24, 2025 at 5:25pm CDT

The Orioles have selected the contract of right-hander Yaramil Hiraldo, according to a team announcement. Southpaw Cionel Perez was designated for assignment to make room on the active and 40-man rosters.

Hiraldo, 29, signed with the Diamondbacks out of the Dominican Republic all the way back in 2018 but departed affiliated ball following a 2021 season where he struggled to a 4.13 ERA in 24 innings of work at the High-A level. He caught on with the independent Atlantic League, where he scuffled a bit in his first year outside of the minor leagues but bounced back to deliver an impressive 1.50 ERA in 18 innings of work. After once again impressing in 2024 (this time as a member of the Mexican League’s Caliente de Durango), he caught on with the Orioles this year on a minor league deal.

The right-hander has just 18 1/3 innings of work under his belt in the minors since returning to affiliated ball, but he’s dominated at every level the Orioles have put him through with a 2.43 ERA and 26.0% strikeout rate overall. Evidently, the Orioles feel he’s ready for the test of major league action, and the 29-year-old’s big league debut could come as soon as today’s game against the Red Sox. Now that he’s on the 40-man roster, Hiraldo will be an optionable bullpen piece available to Baltimore, a particularly valuable commodity given that closer Felix Bautista, top setup man Yennier Cano, and top lefty Keegan Akin are the only three pitchers besides Hiraldo will options remaining in the bullpen as things stand.

It’s been a tough year for Orioles pitching to say the least, given their MLB-worst team ERA of 5.77. The bullpen is less of a culprit in those struggles than the rotation, but their 5.67 ERA and 4.82 FIP still make them a bottom-four bullpen overall in baseball this year. Turning things around in the bullpen will primarily rely on pieces like Bautista and Cano getting right, but a dominant performance from Hiraldo in his first opportunities at the big leage level might be enough to convince the Orioles to keep him around over a struggling arm like Seranthony Dominguez, even though the latter is out of options. At the very least, a strong showing from Hiraldo in this first call-up to the majors should bode well for his ability to earn opportunities after a trade deadline where the Orioles look increasingly likely to be sellers in at least some capacity.

As for Perez, the 29-year-old has spent each of the past four seasons in Baltimore after previously pitching for the Astros and Reds over the years. Perez’s time in Baltimore has been generally successful, with a 3.72 ERA and 3.58 FIP across 212 appearances, though it must be noted that most of that success came in the 2022 and ’23 seasons. Last year was a down season for Perez, as he posted an ugly 4.53 ERA that clocked in 16% below average by ERA+ despite solid peripheral numbers. Those peripherals gave him a 3.30 FIP that suggested positive regression could be on the way, but Perez has not experienced that in 21 2/3 innings of work for the Orioles this year. Instead, he’s been torched to the tune of a 8.31 ERA with a 5.71 FIP that, while better, offers little optimism for above-average results going forward. Those deep struggles were evidently enough for Baltimore to pull the plug on the lefty, who they’ll now have one week to either work out a trade or attempt to pass through waivers.

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  1. tuck 2

    1 month ago

    Long overdue release of Perez. Time for Os to focus on what guys are now, not what they were for a moment 2 or 3 years ago. Still can’t believe Elias kept Perez and let Coulombe walk.

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    • birdsfan415

      1 month ago

      Coulombe walking was one of the most baffling decisions I’ve seen from Elias, totally agree

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      • cooperhill

        1 month ago

        Huge head scratcher, to be sure!

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    • O'sSayCanYouSee

      1 month ago

      Yeah, Perez always seemed to unravel with men on base. He’s been a meltdown guy for almost a year.

      …huh, maybe it’s all on him. Nah…

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    • Letsgolos

      1 month ago

      The Coulombe move wasn’t horrendous. He was 35 coming off an injury and was due for regression after holding opponents to .179 BAA despite a career worst 47.8% hard hit percentage.

      He was really good – amazing even – for Twins to start the year, but he’s already been hurt.

      There are many other moves to dog Elias for before this one.

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      • Letsgolos

        1 month ago

        I meant to say .179 BABIP, not BAA

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      • Jbigz12

        1 month ago

        Regress from a 2.12 ERA? Yeah, he’s miles better than Cionel and always was. I thought the concern was the health of his arm. Performance related concerns for his cost shouldn’t have been there.

        He’s been great again thus far.

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    • gr81t2

      1 month ago

      The entire pen except Felix should be on notice

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    • letitbelowenstein

      1 month ago

      That Friday appearance of Perez was painful.

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  2. DarkSide830

    1 month ago

    Pretty wild last few years for this guy.

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  3. Yankee Clipper

    1 month ago

    I seem to remember Jiraldo being a journalist for some time.

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    • StudWinfield

      1 month ago

      Did Capone have a safe house in Baltimore?

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  4. cooperhill

    1 month ago

    Remember all those reports of Fried coming to the Orioles? 7-1, 1.29 ERA so far!

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    • Steinbrenner2728

      1 month ago

      You can be a Yankees fan too if you want.

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      • dm867

        1 month ago

        Gross

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  5. Benjamin DAvella

    1 month ago

    Cool Mike really screwed this up for the Orioles. If you don’t draft pitching how can you not pay for it either? Dumpster diver Mike needs to take his crap elsewhere

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    • baseball99

      1 month ago

      Was he dumpster diving Mike when he traded for Kyle bradish, or traded DL hall and .180 Joey Ortiz for Corbin burnes? How about when he got cano and povich for Jorge Lopez? Tomoyuki Sugano looks pretty solid.

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      • ba$eba||F@n21

        1 month ago

        No, even though everything good he has done for the organization greatly outweighs the bad, some people just want to harp on the bad and chase him out of town. Even when the organization would be nothing close to what it is without him. Having said that though, he really needs to have a good deadline and offseason coming into 2026

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        • MacGromit

          1 month ago

          I think that people hated on Elias when he “dumpster dove” for Ryan O’Hearn? when you selectively forget the good and only remember the mistakes, then you just feed your own smugness.

          I realize it was only one game but, Rogers looked strong yesterday. That’s a positive step. I choose to try to look at the bright side of things, it’s no way to live to just remember the negative things in life.

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