Another day, another spin of the roster roulette wheel for Dan Duquette. In what’s becoming almost the standard Orioles trade, the Orioles picked up a pitcher from another team in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations. Today’s winner of a shiny new roster spot with the Orioles is 22-year-old right-handed reliever Miguel Castro.
The 40-man roster is a zero-sum game, and sadly, this means that Camden Chat favorite Joe “The Gunk” Gunkel, acquired from the Red Sox for Alejandro De Aza in 2015, has been sent to the great DFA in the sky.