To everyone who viewed Sunday’s callup of Orioles pitching prospect Zac Lowther as a sign of better things to come, I have some bad news. Lowther’s MLB stay is a brief one for now, as the Orioles have already sent him back down to the alternate training site in Bowie. In his place, the Orioles have selected the contract of reliever Jay Flaa.
Unless you have a probably unhealthy familiarity with obscure Orioles minor leaguers, this news is likely the first time you have ever contemplated the existence of Flaa. He is a 28-year-old right-handed pitcher who was drafted by the Orioles in the sixth round of the 2015 draft.