One of the hallmarks of the 2018 Orioles season is that it’s not just really bad, it’s also really weird. Things took another unusual turn on Tuesday evening when the O’s abruptly placed outfielder Colby Rasmus on the restricted list, with Rasmus apparently having told manager Buck Showalter that he was going to go home and discontinue his career.
A player just voluntarily up and leaving an MLB team is almost unheard of. It would be entirely unheard of were it not for the fact that Rasmus did a similar thing to the Rays last season, walking away in the middle of the year.