The Orioles introduced that right-hander Houston Roth has cleared outright waivers and been assigned to Triple-A Norfolk. He had been designated for task earlier this week when the O’s claimed Daniel Johnson and chosen right-hander José Espada.
Roth, 27, was chosen to Baltimore’s roster on July twenty ninth. As a part of their deadline selloff, the O’s had already despatched out Gregory Soto and Seranthony Domínguez at the moment. Andrew Kittredge was additionally traded a few days later.
That allowed Roth to stay on the large league roster for a number of days however he was optioned again to the minors earlier than getting right into a sport. Every week after being optioned, he was got rid of the 40-man and no membership grabbed him off waivers. That is his first outright and he has lower than three years of service time, so he doesn’t have the precise to reject the task.
In his minor league profession, he has typically been capable of get strikeouts however has additionally given out walks at a notable tempo. This 12 months, he has thrown 39 innings between Double-A and Triple-A with 2.08 earned run common, 26.1% strikeout fee and 11.8% stroll fee.
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