The Orioles announced they’ve outrighted infielder/outfielder Weston Wilson after he was designated for assignment over the weekend. Baltimore also confirmed they lost third baseman Bryan Ramos to the Cardinals via waivers, a move that was reported earlier this afternoon. Their 40-man roster count sits at 39, as Wilson’s DFA had already removed him from the tally.
Wilson actually lost his roster spot when Baltimore traded for Ramos, sending cash considerations to the White Sox. They quickly waived Ramos as well, so it seems they were hoping to stash both players at Triple-A Norfolk. That’s par for the course for Baltimore, the league’s most aggressive team at working the waiver wire. Wilson himself was claimed from Philadelphia at the end of January.
The 31-year-old Wilson has played parts of three MLB seasons, all with the Phillies. He has played in 100 games and taken 245 trips to the plate, hitting .242/.328/.428 with nine home runs. That’s slightly above-average production, but Philadelphia used the right-handed hitter in favorable situations. Nearly 60% of his career plate appearances have come against left-handed pitching. Wilson has taken nearly 1700 trips to the dish over five seasons in Triple-A, where he’s a .247/.339/.462 hitter.
This is Wilson’s first career outright assignment. He doesn’t have three years of service time, meaning he’ll have to accept. He’ll certainly get a non-roster invite to Spring Training when camps open next week and will try to play his way back onto the roster. A heavily right-handed bench isn’t doing him many favors, especially after the O’s acquired out-of-options infielder Blaze Alexander from Arizona yesterday.
Oh no! Dombrowski is going to bring him back right away!
Can only mean they are going to sign Giolito and Gallen forthwith
That would be exciting 3-4 years ago. Now those guys are trash heap pickups
Signing Giolito would bring us right back to the Dan Duquette signing Andrew Cashner days.
Haters gonna hate
3.40 ERA to 5.29 the next year. Cashner special!
at B44, I believe in the reverse Arrieta…the O’s sign G and G and they are awarded co-AL Cy Young Award winners after ummmm Skubal mysteriously becomes unavailable like Nancy Kerrigan, in the spirit of the Winter Olympics and all…
We’d have to sign Sugano too so they could 3 way tie.
Indubitably!
Groundhogs day for us Os fans as our new owner David Angelostein has the same payroll as the 2016 squad….and here we are dumpster diving yet again
It’s almost as if free agents know they can sign wherever they want, not just because a team has a need.
Gimme a break. Alonso and Heasley is dumpster diving? He really upgraded the lineup, got not just one but two RH power bats to balance it. They certainly did need that TOR arm, but you have no clue what Elias/Rubenstein offered any of them or why those players decided to sign elsewhere.
Rubinstein’s still paying the deferrals that Angelos took out on that 2016 and 2017 team.
I hate to tell you this, but it’s not a great idea to spend money on guys who are gonna spend the whole year in AAA
I hate to tell you this, but having depth is a good thing.
I don’t give rats pahtooty what they do at #39 and #40 at this time of year. Like there no such thing as a bad 1 yr contract, there’s nothing happening with the waiver wire waltz that will have as much in impact as quality innings and some fire protection in innings 6-8.
we can worry about Rule 5 later. we need to major in the majors and take care of business in the rotation and now even more in the bullpen.
no sense getting amped up about stashing AAA depth right now. “Mike Elias… calling Mike Elias to make some impactful moves!”
They kept his jersey hanging in the locker room Philly/Clearwater. He’ll be back soon.