The Pedro Araujo experiment hasn’t produced successful results since the Baltimore Orioles used a Rule 5 draft pick on the relief pitcher last year.
The 25-year-old RHP has been designated for assignment with the addition of relief pitcher Matt Wotherspoon to the active roster. Wotherspoon spent all of 2018 in Triple-A with the Norfolk Tides and has yet to make his major league debut.
Entering this season, Araujo needed to spend just 17 days on the active roster before the Orioles could send him to the minor leagues to continue his development. Despite seven seasons in the Chicago Cubs organization, Araujo had just one inning of experience above High-A ball before being forced into major league service time as a Baltimore Orioles Rule 5 draft pick.