As Jordan Lyles packed for the Orioles’ sequence in Cincinnati and Texas, he stuffed his suitcase with extra clothes than he usually would for a six-game street journey. That, he mentioned Monday, was the one consideration he had given to the likelihood he is likely to be traded throughout it.
Those garments will go unneeded, and the Orioles had been the beneficiaries Tuesday evening towards the Texas Rangers. Retained by the night’s Major League Baseball commerce deadline after Baltimore dealt first baseman Trey Mancini and nearer Jorge López for a mixed six minor league pitchers, Lyles pitched into the seventh inning in Baltimore’s 8-2 victory through which shortstop Jorge Mateo hit a pair of dwelling runs and drove in 5.
The Orioles (53-51) moved inside 1 1/2 video games of the American League’s ultimate wild-card spot as they picked up their 53rd win, surpassing their 2021 whole.
Signed to the most important free-agent contract Baltimore given out previously 4 offseasons after spending the previous two years with Texas, Lyles was a candidate to be traded as a result of he’s within the ultimate assured 12 months of that deal, with Baltimore holding a $11 million possibility with a $1 million buyout for 2023. Whatever choice the entrance workplace makes this offseason, it already elected to carry onto Lyles, 31, by the remainder of this marketing campaign, permitting him to proceed to function a veteran presence and innings eater for his or her inexperienced pitching employees.
Lyles’ 124 2/3 innings ranked sixth within the AL on the finish of his outing. He took the mound within the seventh having already thrown 94 pitches, however he confronted three extra batters within the body, with Dillon Tate serving to to strand a pair of his runners. This season, Lyles has recorded 18 outs past the sixth inning, double the mixed whole of all different Orioles starters.
Baltimore backed him with a five-run third, with a three-run shot from Mateo dealing many of the harm. Rookie catcher Adley Rutschman continued his surge with an RBI double, ultimately scoring on Ryan Mountcastle’s sacrifice fly. An insurance coverage run got here within the high of the fifth on consecutive doubles from Rutschman and Anthony Santander, one other commerce candidate who Baltimore didn’t transfer.
Rutschman’s pair of doubles gave him 22 since his May 21 debut, a depend matched solely by All-Stars José Ramírez, Freddie Freeman and Austin Riley in that span. Since June 10, the phenom has led all catchers in doubles, on-base share, OPS, stroll charge, line drive share and FanGraphs’ model of WAR.
A day after Rutschman reached base 4 occasions for the primary time in his profession, Terrin Vavra did the identical, together with his third stroll previous Mateo’s second dwelling run.
Left-hander Nick Vespi, recalled to exchange López on the roster, allowed a house run within the ninth earlier than Félix Baustista, presumably Baltimore’s new nearer, completed the sport.
Diaz debuts
Yusniel Diaz was at a Dallas-Fort Worth mall Monday doing a little garments procuring when he received a name from Orioles interpreter Brandon Quinones, letting him know he ought to head to Globe Life Field. The Orioles had been buying and selling Mancini to the Houston Astros and deliberate to make use of the newly opened roster spot to advertise Diaz for the primary time.
The 25-year-old outfielder ranked as Baltimore’s high prospect after serving because the centerpiece of the Manny Machado commerce with the Los Angeles Dodgers 4 summers in the past however has missed a substantial amount of time with lower-body accidents. As Mancini made his Houston debut as a pinch-hitter Tuesday evening, Diaz did the identical in Baltimore. Mancini grounded out, whereas Diaz struck out.
It’s potential Diaz comes off the roster each time Baltimore provides commerce acquisition Brett Phillips to the lively roster, however he hopes to indicate them he could make an impression in no matter time he has.
“It will be the biggest experience I’ve ever had,” Diaz mentioned by Quinones, “the chance to showcase what I’m able to do.”
Around the horn
>> The Orioles formally introduced the signings of 4 undrafted free brokers, together with Maryland infielder Maxwell Costes. The others had been Nevada-Las Vegas right-hander Hayden Nierman, Lipscomb right-hander Trey Norman and Rice right-hander Cooper Chandler.
>> Right-handers Mike Baumann and Logan Gillaspie and catcher Jacob Nottingham had been added to Baltimore’s taxi squad.
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