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November 2, 2011

Orioles claim O'Day from Texas, move Roberts, Scott and Arrieta back to 40-man

The Orioles’ legion of former Texas Rangers grew by one Wednesday.

The club claimed 29-year-old side-arming right-hander Darren O’Day from the Rangers and added him to its 40-man roster. O’Day was 0-1 with a 5.40 ERA in 16 games for the American League champs in 2011.

In a four-season career with the Los Angeles Angels, New York Mets and Rangers, the reliever is 8-5 with a 2.89 ERA and has held right-handers to a .214 average in 471 plate appearances.

O’Day will join a bullpen that also includes former players from the Rangers’ organization in Pedro Strop, Willie Eyre and Zach Phillips.

The Orioles also announced they reinstated three injured players, pitcher Jake Arrieta, second baseman Brian Roberts and outfielder Luke Scott, to their 40-man roster, which is now at 38.

Posted by Dan Connolly at 2:17 PM | Permalink | Comments (6)

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Hopefully this love for the Rangers leads the Orioles to peruse a GM from within their organization. Come on Thad Levine!

Posted by: Andrew | November 2, 2011 3:56 PM

So does this mean theres a chance Luke Scott will be offered arbitration? I couldn't imagine it, just wondering.

Posted by: dave in glen burnie | November 2, 2011 5:01 PM

Who in the front office put the claim in?

Posted by: PT709 | November 2, 2011 5:42 PM

PT709, I was wondering the same thing. Who's making these decisions?

Posted by: Louhead | November 2, 2011 6:08 PM

Manager Buck Showalter and director of baseball operations Matt Klentak are handling the front office responsibilities for now...according to Roch Kubatko

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I think it's an overall conglomeration involving several people, including Klentak and Showalter.

Posted by: Mike | November 2, 2011 6:47 PM

People - no front office has one person making all of the decisions. Yes, one person is in charge of all the decisions, but minor moves like this are not always the brain child of the GM. At this juncture, I would hazard a guess that Buck is principal person in terms of making day to day organizational decisions, such as this.

Posted by: King of the Donkeys | November 2, 2011 8:03 PM

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A Baltimore native, Dan Connolly has been covering sports for 14 years, and baseball and the Orioles for 10 seasons, including the past six with The Sun. His first year covering baseball on a daily basis was Cal Ripken Jr.'s final season as a player. It's believed that is just a coincidence.

Steve Gould is an assistant sports editor for The Sun, overseeing Orioles coverage. The Columbia native joined The Sun as a sports copy editor in 2006 after graduating from the University of Maryland.

Peter Schmuck has been covering baseball for a lot longer than Steve Gould has been on this earth. He is now a general sports columnist, but has been a beat writer covering three major league teams (the Dodgers, Angels and Orioles) and also spent a decade as the Sun's national baseball writer. If you want more of his insight on the Orioles and other sports issues, check out his personal blog -- The Schmuck Stops Here.