On 50 occasions this month, a major league team has designated a player for assignment, signaling to the rest of the league that he's available in a trade or will be placed on waivers for other teams to claim.
And for a while, the Orioles were quiet in using their perch high in MLB's waiver claim order — based on reverse standings — to supplement their roster with such players.
That changed last week when they traded for recently-DFA’d center fielder Keon Broxton from the New York Mets and claimed right-hander Chandler Shepherd off waivers from the Chicago Cubs.