When the 2018 Orioles season began, lefty reliever Paul Fry was so far off the radar that the O’s assigned him to Double-A Bowie to open up his age 25 season. That’s not where you want to be, especially since Fry spent last season at Triple-A Norfolk after being acquired from the Mariners in one of those Dan Duquette specialty “trade international bonus slot money for a player who will probably never matter” deals.
The O’s outrighted Fry off the 40-man roster in the middle of last season, then had him begin this year with the Baysox.