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Orioles Outright David Bañuelos

By Steve Adams | July 14, 2025 at 5:19pm CDT

The Orioles announced Monday that they’ve passed catcher David Bañuelos through waivers and assigned him outright to Triple-A. He had the right to elect free agency but will instead accept his assignment to Norfolk. The 40-man roster count drops to 38.

The 28-year-old was added to the Orioles’ big league roster last week after the team had traded reliever Bryan Baker to the Rays. Bañuelos was already traveling with the O’s on their taxi squad, and he was selected to the roster ahead of a doubleheader versus the Mets.

A short-term stint seemed likely, given that Bañuelos was selected due to his proximity on the taxi squad and a desire to avoid playing a man down in that twin bill. He’d been the third catcher on the roster behind Jacob Stallings and Alex Jackson, though Baltimore gave him a couple of plate appearances during his brief run. Bañuelos has just three MLB plate appearances and is still looking for his first big league hit. He did reach base for the first time in his career when he was hit by a pitch yesterday.

Bañuelos is the consummate glove-first catcher. He’s a career .197/.276/.362 hitter in parts of four Triple-A seasons but has been praised as a plus defender behind the dish dating back to his days at Long Beach State. He was originally a Mariners draftee but has spent the bulk of his pro career in the Twins’ system after Minnesota acquired him from Seattle in exchange for international bonus space. Bañuelos became a minor league free agent after the 2023 season and has since signed a pair of minor league pacts with the Orioles, who clearly value having his defensive skills on hand in the upper minors. He’s now accepted multiple outright assignments to remain with the O’s, so it seems like a mutually agreeable arrangement.

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9 Comments

  1. LordTeaboBaggins

    3 months ago

    Update: Baltimore interested in Mickey Tettleton and Chris Hoiles

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    • scruffmcgruff

      3 months ago

      Holy smokes would I love to have Chris Hoiles back

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      • LordTeaboBaggins

        3 months ago

        Me too, dude. Loved that guy!

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    • joeflaccosunibrow

      3 months ago

      Hoiles had the deepest voice for a white dude

      Reply
  2. cooperhill

    3 months ago

    For some strange reason, Elias has a fetish resulting in very mediocre catchers being acquired by the organization. He apparently likes drafting them,too. Maybe it’s just catchers, period!🤣

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    • LordTeaboBaggins

      3 months ago

      Considering that being a catcher for Baltimore has about as much stability as a drummer for Spinal Tap, what do you expect?

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      • Steinbrenner2728

        3 months ago

        I don’t really expect any intelligent analysis from cooperhill that’s for sure…

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  3. stubby66

    3 months ago

    They need to get Eric Haase from the Brewers

    Reply
  4. Dumpster Divin Theo

    3 months ago

    Os loading up on more good ole boys

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