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Turnover continues for Orioles’ bullpen with addition of Rodriguez, Roth

BALTIMORE—After the trade of Seranthony Domínguez to the Toronto Blue Jays between games of Tuesday’s doubleheader, the Orioles added two new relievers for Game 2.

Right-hander Elvin Rodriguez, whom they selected off waivers from Milwaukee, and right-hander Houston Roth, who was drafted in the 29th round in 2019, join the bullpen.

Yaramil Hiraldo, who pitched the final two innings of Tuesday’s 16-4 win over the Blue Jays, was optioned to Double-A Chesapeake.

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Rodriguez, who was 0-6 with a 9.23 ERA in 14 games for Detroit, Tampa Bay and the Brewers, appeared in two games for Norfolk and had a 3.38 ERA.

Roth was 4-0 with a 2.21 ERA and two saves in 24 games for the Baysox and Triple-A Norfolk.

The Orioles’ bullpen has three experienced relievers — right-handers Yennier Cano and Andrew Kittredge, and left-hander Keegan Akin. The inexperienced relievers are Rodriguez, Roth, right-handers Corbin Martin and Kade Strowd, and left-hander Grant Wolfram.

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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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