The Orioles announced they’ve claimed reliever Brooks Kriske off waivers from the Yankees and optioned him to Triple-A Norfolk. Righty Jorge López was transferred from the 10-day to the 60-day injured list to open space on the 40-man roster.
Kriske hasn’t yet found any big league success. He’s been up-and-down with New York over the past two seasons and combined for 11 1/3 innings of twenty-run ball. The righty has punched out a fine fifteen batters in that time, but he’s also issued thirteen walks and been tagged for six home runs.
As one would expect, Kriske has been much better in the minor leagues. He owns a 2.59 ERA in 48 2/3 frames in Double-A, and he’s been almost as good this season with the Yankees’ top affiliate in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Through 28 1/3 Triple-A innings, the 27-year-old has posted a 3.81 ERA with a massive 36.6% strikeout rate and 16.8% swinging strike percentage. Kriske has issued a few too many walks in the minors as well, but he’s shown more promise against high-level hitters than his major league resume might indicate.
Kriske still has one additional minor league option year remaining beyond this season. Assuming he sticks on the 40-man roster, he can be shuttled between Baltimore and Norfolk through the end of 2022. The Orioles have had arguably the league’s worst bullpen, so they’re in search of any arms who might be able to establish themselves as reliable members of the pitching staff next year. It’s no surprise the front office would take a flier on Kriske in hopes that he can translate some of his minor league success into the majors at some point.
López’s IL transfer is merely a procedural move. He was already expected to be out for the season after spraining his right ankle last week. The 28-year-old posted a 6.07 ERA across 121 2/3 innings this year.
He’ll have to walk about 176 feet to his new team this afternoon.
I believe Norfolk is in Virginia though.
Wow. So the Orioles have the worst record in the AL so that means the first team that could claim him did. Surprising.
When I first read this I mistook Brooks Kriske for Barry Kripke, the Elmer Fudd of the Big Bang Theory. I realized I was wrong & looked up Kriske’s record. Actually Barry Kripke has more going for him. Kriske has a lot to prove for the future.
Bawy Kwipke? lol
Good riddance!
Brooks Koepka wants his name back
Yankees: “Have fun with that”
Begs the question if Cashman is such a genius why he was on the roster in the first place
Pretty sure we gave up on Whitlock for this guy. Gotta love this mess up
Cashman is no genius. Anyone can sign the highest priced free agent every other year and sign a couple of bounce back candidates between them. My dog could build a better team. I doubt any other GM would have brought Stanton and his monster contract over when they had Judge ready for full time MLB work. He is basically a Stanton clone that can actually field. He likes to do that for some reason. Like when he had Gardner in his prime under contract and signed Ellsbury for more than twice the money. He gets the genius tag for his 2015 trades. Unfortunately, Cleveland definitely got the better of that trade and the Cubs got a championship riding Chapman’s arm to the playoffs. So far the Yankees have gotten an oft injured LF who had a decent year in 2020, a SS with middling at best defense that can barely hit and a year of Paxson (Sheffield trade) on the IL. I also loved the White Sox trade a few years ago. Cashman gave up Rutherford who barely a year earlier was seen as a very good get at #16 for 3 players. 2 of them Cashman in his infinite wisdom let walk in the first place. Cashman a genius? Only compared to a simpleton.
He’s horrible, which means he’s serviceable for the O’s.
Probably a better fit for him with O’s where most of their pitchers are bad so he will fit right in. @MT, He was in Scranton when DFA’d.
It’s funny listening to Yankee fans. They can be so arrogant, yet can also be fickle. Sure they won last night, but did you notice how quiet they got when the O’s took the lead? Now Oriole fans although some can be fickle would have cheered their team on even when they’re losing. The Yale fans not so much. I will give credit where credit is due. The Yankees are much more talented on their Major League roster than most teams however their weaknesses can be exposed and they have underwhelmed on the field versus on proper. Just remember one day soon there won’t be enough tickets available for you Yankee fans, because the O’s are on their way up. Enjoy it while you can.
Twitter yankee fans are idiots
We are and will. GL O’s!
Yankee Fans not Yale Fans.. predictive text sucks sometimes.
Mets fans went nuts in ’62 when their team would close a 13-2 drubbing to 13-5. They have nothing else to root for.
“Sure they won last night, but did you notice how quiet they got when the O’s took the lead? ” That sounds pretty much like the fans of any team. Name a team that has fans that get excited when they lose a lead.
The New Market Mallers. They had a legendary CF who fans often thought would get burned playing that shallow. Al “The King” Bundy was always able to get the OF assist.
This.
as with any former yankee farmhand, i wish him well (starting after today’s game). he was drafted out of USC in the 6th round despite limited action so the yankees obviously saw something, plus high strikeout numbers in the minors so it’s worth a shot for the orioles
I think Cashman was looking at Whitlock’s reports instead of Kriske’s last November.
Yankees added this guy last December and exposed Whitlock? Wow, just wow.
Make Cashman GM for life!!!! But, then again, I’m a Red Sox fan.
Cashman protected Kristen and let Whitlock go unprotected..Boston grabbed him…pitched to a below.200 ERA…I wish we could leave Cashman unprotected
I agree he should have protected Whitlock. But the Yankees have been an unlucky team for awhile. Such a mistake shouldn’t have blown up in face like this. Whitlock jump from a solid season in AA to saving the Red Sox bullpen while Kriskie completely unraveled. I haven’t seen a Rule V transaction make such an impact on a pennant race in a long while.
Brooks was here
Why that old fox Mike Elias. Another brilliant pitching move, claiming a guy who has given up 20 runs in 11 innings of major league work. I expect his next move will be to trade Mullins for 4 minor league pitchers who never make it beyond Double A ball. Fans can swallow all the rebuild Kool AId they want but the fact is they have 2 arms tops on the current staff that belong in the majors and there isn’t nearly enough pitching on their minor league teams to come close to filling out their roster with major league talent.
Why that old fox Mike Elias. Another brilliant pitching move, claiming a guy who has given up 20 runs in 11 innings of major league work. I expect his next move will be to trade Mullins for 4 minor league pitchers who never make it beyond Double A ball. Fans can swallow all the rebuild Kool AId they want but the fact is they have 2 arms tops on the current staff that belong in the majors and there isn’t nearly enough pitching on their minor league teams to come close to filling out their roster with major league talent.
Thank you! Not because the O’s took him and I think he will hurt them/help us – because our team would keep running him out there to give up leads….. again, thank you for saving us from ourselves.
elias “ the garbage man “ strikes again. Don’t let any garbage pitcher slip by.
I wonder what a player feels like when they are claimed by the Orioles or traded to the Orioles. It has to be something like being transferred to the worst department of your organization, or a kid being sent to military school, or dropping your dog off at the pound.
@Thornton Mellon. Those players probably feel like they’ve done a triple Lindy into an empty pool.
Thought Sal was ok but he just went on IL and called up Schmidt.
Yanks pouring it on vs Tribes!