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Orioles designate Pérez for assignment; Reliever Yaramil Hiraldo added

BOSTON—The Orioles have designated left-handed pitcher Cionel Pérez for assignment. Pérez, who allowed five runs in an inning-plus on Friday, had an 8.31 ERA in 19 appearances. He walked 18 and struck out 21.

In four seasons with the Orioles, Pérez was 13-3 with a 3.72 ERA and six saves. He gave up only seven home runs in 186 1/3 innings.

The Orioles selected the contract of 29-year-old right-handed pitcher Yaromil Hiraldo, who had a 1-0 record and a 2.45 ERA in 11 games with Triple-A Norfolk, Double-A Chesapeake and High-A Aberdeen. Originally signed by Arizona, Hiraldo pitched in Independent ball the last three seasons.

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Rich Dubroff

Rich Dubroff grew up in Brooklyn as a fan of New York teams, but after he moved to Baltimore, quickly adopted the Orioles and Colts. After nearly two decades as a freelancer assisting on Orioles coverage for several outlets, principally The Capital in Annapolis and The Carroll County Times, Dubroff began covering the team fulltime in 2011. He spent five years at Comcast SportsNet’s website and for the last two seasons, wrote for PressBoxonline.com, Dubroff lives in Baltimore with his wife of more than 30 years, Susan.

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