This article is the first in a series. Know Your Orioles 40-man will feature an article about each of the 38 players currently on the Orioles roster. There will be one every weekday until we run out of players.
When the Orioles added six prospects to the 40-man roster at last November’s deadline to protect them from the still-delayed Rule 5 draft, most of them were familiar names for an O’s prospect watcher. One of the surprising additions was a 26-year-old reliever who, entering the 2021 season, had never pitched above Delmarva. That doesn’t sound like anyone the team would have needed to worry about being exposed to the draft.