In the month since Félix Bautista’ s elbow injury, the Orioles surprisingly haven’ t suffered from the All-Star closer’ s absence all that often. Yennier Cano, a fellow All-Star who has served as the Orioles’ primary replacement for Bautista, wasted an Orioles rally in the top of the ninth by allowing a walk-off, two-run double by David Fry. During that stretch, the.
Sometimes it’ s fairly quick, an arm thrown over the pitcher’ s shoulder or one of those bro-to-bro pats on the back after the final pitch of a winning game. He’ s tall enough to really embrace a lot of the other person’ s body,” Tiffany Field, an actual expert on hugging, said. Field directs the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’ s Touch Research Institute and is.
The Orioles might be young, but they’ re not new to this. The 2022 Orioles entered September two games back of a wild-card spot, but the magic the club found in the summer waned as it missed the postseason by three games. Anthony Santander, one of the veterans who braved the rebuild, believes knowing what it feels like to compete for a playoff spot— and to fall short of one—.
The Orioles are adding a familiar face to their bullpen. The Orioles designated right-hander Logan Gillaspie for assignment to make room for López on the 40- man roster. Manager Brandon Hyde said he hopes López can“ feel at home” when he joins the Orioles and“ pitch well for us” over the final month of the regular season.
But Bautista, who was placed on the 15- day injured list Saturday with an elbow injury he suffered Friday, had tests to undergo and couldn’ t ride with Cano, who drove to Oriole Park alone in silence. The extent to Bautista’ s injury is unknown, but Saturday was the first day— for the Orioles and Cano— of life without their All-Star closer. Cano, like Bautista almost.