With Wei-Yin Chen coming back from the minors to make tonight’s start vs. Cleveland, the Baltimore Orioles find themselves in another roster crunch. The bullpen is currently staffed at seven men, which means effectively that someone’s going to have to come off the 25-man roster – potentially via being designated for assignment. The Orioles are going to avoid doing that at all costs given that they would risk losing someone – in this scenario, could it be Steve Pearce?
While he was in the lineup yesterday, Pearce has been used sparingly of late.