The Orioles plucked right-hander Pedro Araujo from the Chicago Cubs in December’s Rule 5 draft, one of three pitchers the club selected in hopes of supplements their major league pitching staff.
But over the course of the spring, Araujo went from relative unknown, his locker in the Orioles clubhouse in Sarasota tucked into the corner, to earning an Opening Day bullpen roster spot.
Araujo, 24, was called into a room by some of his veteran relievers on Friday, thinking he was in trouble, before he was told by his fellow bullpen mates that he had made the team.