The Orioles plan for Friday night’s game against the Blue Jays changed abruptly in the afternoon when the team announced that scheduled starting pitcher Bruce Zimmermann is now on the injured list with left bicep tendinitis. The end result of Zimmermann’s injury is that catcher Chance Sisco has been designated for assignment by the team.
With Zimmermann’s injury situation cropping up on short notice, the O’s only real choice for getting a starting pitcher onto the roster for Friday’s game was to select the contract of once and now future Oriole Thomas Eshelman from Norfolk. Eshelman appeared in 22 games for the 2019 and 2020 Orioles before being removed from the 40-man roster after last season.