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‘Been a long road’: Orioles pitching prospect Bruce Zimmermann added to player pool after COVID-19 diagnosis

The Orioles used their day off Monday to add three prospects to their 60-man roster to get some developmental time at the secondary site at Double-A Bowie, inviting outfielder Ryan McKenna, right-hander Kyle Bradish and left-hander Bruce Zimmermann to the alternate camp at Prince George’s Stadium.

Zimmermann, who lives in Ellicott City and graduated from Loyola Blakefield, tweeted Monday night that he was excited to join the camp, and was doing so after testing positive for COVID-19 earlier this summer.

“Been a long road since testing positive for COVID-19, and then some preemptive heart tests which all came back negative,” Zimmermann said in the tweet.