The Orioles have designated catcher Drew Romo for assignment, 7News Boston’s Ari Alexander reports. The move opens up space on Baltimore’s 40-man roster for left-hander Josh Walker, as the O’s announced that Walker has been claimed off waivers from the Braves.
Romo only just arrived in Baltimore’s organization a few days ago, via a waiver claim off the Rockies’ roster. Romo has been never outrighted before and had has only 73 days of MLB service time, so if he clears waivers here, he would have no choice but to accept an outright assignment to the Orioles’ Triple-A affiliate. Another waiver claim seems possible, as teams are always in need of catching depth, and Romo has some past prospect pedigree as a former first-rounder.
Selected 35th overall by the Rockies in the 2020 draft, Romo was drawing some top-100 prospect attention prior to the 2023 season, but his star diminished as he posted okay but unspectacular numbers in the context of the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League. Romo has a career .286/.337/.466 slash line and 21 homers over 632 PA with Triple-A Albuquerque, spending time at Colorado’s top affiliate in each of the last three seasons.
More to come…
Thanks for all the memories, Drew!
Hope he clears waivers, though.
Wouldn’t mind the Angels getting some catching depth
I agree and just posted the link here. I think he makes sense to come to so cal!! His nephew is a catcher at St John Bosco and it would be great to see Drew close to family again
No mo Romo.