On Tuesday, the Orioles announced that righty reliever Jim Hoey was added to their 40 man roster, presumably to protect him from the Rule V draft. Jim pitched for the O's in parts of the 2006-07 seasons and has been fighting his way through various injuries since then. I would certainly expect that there will be more additions and subtractions to the O's 40 man over the coming weeks and my guess is that Matt Albers, Armando Gabino, Chorye Spoone, Pedro Viola, Pedro Florimon and Rhyne Hughes are the most likely to be removed, but time will tell.
The O's also allowed a number of players to become Minor League free agents, including...
Mike Hinckley
Chris George
Joel Guzman
Scott Moore
and Dennis Sarfate.
Hinckley, George, and Guzman were all signed as Minor League free agents before the 2010 season and never made it to Baltimore.
Moore and Sarfate both played for the Orioles at times over the past three seasons.
None of these moves surprised me besides letting Sarfate go. The O's have a pretty deep bullpen and he didn't crack the 2010 Major League roster but he saved 20 games and had a 2.73 ERA for the AAA Tides.
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I'm pretty disappointed that Sarfate didn't get another look in September this year. Oh well, maybe he will resign with the team later this offseason.
I felt the same way. It would be nice if we could resign him, but after glossing over him for the entire 2010 season, I expect he will sign elsewhere.
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