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<\/p>\nThe Orioles announced today that they have recalled right-hander Yennier Cano and selected the contract of right-hander Corbin Martin.<\/p>\n
In corresponding moves, they have designated right-hander Matt Bowman for assignment and placed left-hander Keegan Akin on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to July 1st, due to left shoulder inflammation.<\/p>\n
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Martin, 29, was a top-100 prospect with the Astros and D-backs several years ago.<\/p>\n
He was one of four players who went from Houston to Arizona in the 2019 Zack Greinke trade, but while he saw MLB time with both the \u2019Stros and Snakes, he\u2019s never really found his footing.<\/p>\n
Martin, who was on the mend from Tommy John surgery when he was included in that trade, has pitched 57 2\/3 innings in the majors and recorded only a 6.71 ERA.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s fanned 19% of his opponents against a 13.6% walk rate and been far too susceptible to home runs, yielding an average of 2.50 big flies per nine frames.<\/p>\n
The Orioles claimed Martin off waivers from the Brewers last June.<\/p>\n
(Milwaukee had claimed him from Arizona a couple months earlier.) He was eventually removed from the 40-man roster but now returns after pitching 32 1\/3 innings with a 5.29 ERA in Triple-A Norfolk this year.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s set down 23% of his opponents on strikes against a 10.4% walk rate. It\u2019s not a great set of season-long numbers, but Martin has been doing his best work of late.<\/p>\n
Dating back to May 30, he\u2019s pitched a dozen innings and held opponents to just one run on three hits and four walks with 11 punchouts. If he gets into a game, it\u2019ll be his first time on a major league mound since 2022.<\/p>\n
Bowman, 34, has now been designated for assignment by the Orioles three times since Opening Day. He\u2019s accepted a pair of outright assignments to Norfolk previously.<\/p>\n
The right-hander has appeared in 19 games for Baltimore this season but pitched to a middling 5.79 earned run average. In 23 1\/3 innings, he\u2019s fanned only 15.7% of his opponents. Bowman\u2019s 5.6% walk rate is excellent, but he\u2019s also plunked a pair of batters and served up four home runs (1.54 HR\/9).<\/p>\n
In parts of seven big league seasons, Bowman has pitched for seven different teams \u2014 including four in 2024 alone.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s compiled 239 1\/3 innings in the majors and recorded a collective 4.32 ERA, 18.7% strikeout rate and 8% walk rate.<\/p>\n
The O\u2019s will trade him or place him on outright waivers within the next five days. If his prior DFAs this year are any indication, there\u2019s a good chance Bowman will clear waivers and agree to head back to Norfolk while he awaits another call to Camden Yards.<\/p>\n
Cano was only optioned to Norfolk last week, but he can return in under the 10-day minimum stint for an optional assignment because he\u2019s replacing the injured Akin.<\/p>\n
The 30-year-old Akin has been an important part of the Orioles\u2019 bullpen this season, pitching 38 innings of 3.32 ERA ball with a 23.3% strikeout rate and an uncharacteristically high 11% walk rate. Entering the season, Akin had just a 7.4% walk rate in more than 300 MLB frames.<\/p>\n
Akin has cut back on the free passes lately \u2014 none in his past 4 2\/3 innings \u2014 but Akin was roughed up for three runs (two earned) in an inning of work his last time out.<\/p>\n
There was no velocity drop or major signal that the left-hander\u2019s shoulder was giving him trouble, but today\u2019s IL placement means he\u2019ll sit through at least the All-Star break as he mends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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