The Baltimore Orioles could use some pitching depth and there’s a player in the Rule 5 draft that could help the team next season.
On the injury front, two starters had elbow surgery last year and neither will be ready until at least halfway through the 2025 season — Kyle Bradish and Tyler Wells. A third, John Means, is a free agent.
The Rule 5 Draft doesn’t always yield those types of players. But there is one player exposed to the draft from an AL East rival that could fit the bill —highlighted players in the Rule 5 draft that could be selected later this month in Dallas. Workman falls under the category of swingman starters, or a pitcher that can handle a starter or relief role. This is an approach that the O’s took with Wells early in his career.
Combined he went 11-6 with a 2.96 ERA 29 games with 138 strikeouts and 44 walks. For his four-year minor league career he is 22-13 with a 3.04 ERA with 345 strikeouts and 100 walks in 340 innings.evaluators wrote that Workman has four plus pitches — a four-seam fastball, slider, cutter and change-up. Plus, he has above-average in-zone and strike rates with all four pitches, a plus whether one is talking about a starter or a long reliever.
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