The Orioles introduced on Friday that lefty reliever Walter Pennington cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Norfolk. He’d been designated for project on Wednesday because the corresponding transfer when the O’s acquired Luis F. Castillo from Seattle.
Pennington, 27, had been designated for project and launched by the Rangers on the finish of April. Baltimore grabbed him off launch waivers. He made one look apiece at Excessive-A Aberdeen and with Norfolk. Pennington hasn’t been capable of finding the strike zone, strolling six of 10 batters confronted whereas permitting seven runs (5 earned) in a single mixed inning.
Initially drafted by the Royals, Pennington was traded to Texas final summer season within the Michael Lorenzen deadline deal. He’s solely a season faraway from posting a 2.13 ERA with a 32.2% strikeout fee over 63 1/3 Triple-A innings. Pennington had been pitching on the Rangers’ advanced earlier than they moved on, and his pair of appearances with Baltimore associates had been alarming.
Now that he’s cleared waivers, the O’s can maintain Pennington in Norfolk with out carrying him on the 40-man roster. He’ll clearly want much better management than he has proven in his restricted work to date, however he’d be a stable depth arm if he can discover final 12 months’s type. He recorded a fair 3.00 earned run common with 17 punchouts and 11 walks over his first 18 large league innings final season.
