Orioles lefty has cleared outright waivers and been placed on release waivers, Peter Schmuck of the Baltimore Sun . The Orioles McFarland for assignment when they officially acquired from the Dodgers. The Orioles remain interested in McFarland but would like to re-sign him for less than the $685K they would have had to pay him after settling with him for that sum in January, Kubatko . McFarland has just over three years of service time and would have been eligible for arbitration had he and the Orioles not settled. The reliever is coming off a disappointing season in which he posted a 6.