The Orioles introduced Monday that they’ve agreed to a one-year contract with left-hander Dietrich Enns for the 2026 season. It incorporates a membership choice for the 2027 marketing campaign as properly. Baltimore beforehand held a $3MM membership choice over Enns, a consumer of the Beverly Hills Sports activities Council. This new contract overrides that deal, per Andy Kostka of the Baltimore Banner.
Enns, 34, signed a minor league take care of the Tigers after a three-year run pitching in Asia (two years in NPB, one within the KBO). Enns pitched properly sufficient within the Tigers’ Triple-A rotation to get a name to the massive leagues in Detroit — his first MLB work since 2021 and simply the third season through which he’s logged a minimum of some MLB time. He struggled in 17 2/3 innings for supervisor A.J. Hinch’s membership and was flipped to the Orioles for money simply previous to the July 31 commerce deadline.
The change of surroundings paid dividends. Enns thrived with the O’s, handing over 28 2/3 innings of three.14 ERA ball (17 aid appearances, one begin). He fanned 27.6% of his opponents in Baltimore and solely issued walks at an 8.9% clip. Enns confirmed loads of bat-missing skill with each groups, logging matching 13.5% swinging-strike charges in his two stops and topping a 34% opponents’ chase charge with every membership.
Enns is out of minor league choices, making him more likely to break camp with the membership subsequent yr. It’s a minimum of potential that the O’s may attempt to cross him by waivers and stash him in Triple-A as a depth choice, understanding he wouldn’t elect free company and forfeit the assured cash on his contract. They’ve made comparable depth-driven signings prior to now beneath the present entrance workplace regime. Given how properly Enns pitched for them down the stretch, nevertheless, there’s a great probability he’d be claimed, so at the moment’s deal merely looks like a way of locking in some value certainty and establishing one other yr of membership management at a hard and fast charge.
