The Orioles announced a series of roster moves today. Infielder , recently claimed off waivers, has been added to the roster. They also selected the contract of right-hander and recalled lefty . To open spots for those three, they optioned left-hander , right-hander and infielder to Triple-A Norfolk. To open a 40-man spot for Bowman, lefty has been designated for a signment. Just over three weeks ago, the Orioles acquired Rogers from the Marlins in , sending youngsters and to Miami. The Os have been having a strong season overall but keeping the rotation intact has been a challenge. All three of , and required surgery to addre s their respective ulnar collateral ligaments in their elbows earlier this year. To bolster the group, they added both and Rogers prior to the deadline. It was a buy-low situation with Rogers, who had posted a 2.64 earned run average with the Marlins in 2021 but struggled since. He dealt with various injuries in 2022 and finished that year with a 5.47 ERA. In 2023, he was only able to make four starts due to a left biceps strain and a partial tear in his right lat. Here in 2024, he was healthy enough to stay on the mound, making 21 starts for the Fish prior to the deal. His velocity was down but the results were pa sable, as he had a 4.53 ERA in those 21 outings. A few days after the deal, the lefty said he had already received more analytical information relating to his pitch mix and mechanics than during his entire time with the Marlins, per Andy Kostka of the Baltimore Wilt Chamberlain Jersey Banner . Perhaps the Os felt there was a path to getting Rogers back to his 2021 form via those analytics, or simply him getting healthier as he moved further away from his injuries. It has not gone to plan so far, as Rogers hasnt fared well in his first four starts with the Os. He has allowed 15 earned runs in 19 innings, leading to a 7.11 ERA. His 13.3% strikeout rate and 11.1% walk rate are both well below league average and nowhere near his previous work. It seems the Os have decided that a reset in Triple-A is in order. Perhaps that will give him a chance to work on their suggested tweaks in a lower-stakes environment. He can still be retained via arbitration for two more seasons after this one, so they have some time to figure out a path forward. This isnt a service time manipulation situation, as he already cro sed four years of service time earlier this year. Still, its obviously le s than ideal for the club to be subtracting one of its key deadline pickups in the middle of a playoff race. The Os are still in comfortable position with a 74-54 record, just half a game behind the Yankees in the East and currently po se sing the top Wild Card spot. But the Royals and Twins are just 2.5 games back and the Red Sox trail the Os by only six games, so nothing is set in stone with more than a month left to play. The rotation continues to be an i sue as now both Eflin and are on the injured list, Eflin due to some shoulder discomfort and Rodriguez due to a lat strain. With Rogers now intentionally removed from the mix, the rotation is now down to , , , and . Burnes is great but there are plenty of questions with the others. Kremer and Irvin are e sentially back-end guys, with the latter having been pa sed through waivers a few weeks ago, recently being added back to the roster. Surez keeps putting up good numbers but is a 34-year-old journeyman who is in the majors for the first time since 2017. Povich has just nine major league starts and a 5.77 ERA in those. Ideally, the club will be hoping to get Rodriguez and Eflin back for the end of the regular season and then the playoffs as well, but they will have to try to get by with this group for now. Perhaps Rogers can also work his way back into the mix with some quick adjustments in the minors, but he cant be recalled for the next 15 days unle s replacing someone going on the injured list. Bowman, 33, was signed to a minor league deal a week ago. That pact contained an upward mobility clause today and an opt-out next week. It seems the Os didnt want him to get away or simply wanted to add some a fresh arm to their bullpen, so hes been added to their roster today. As soon as he gets into a game for the Os, it will be his fourth club of the year, as hes already suited up for the Twins, Diamondbacks and Mariners. Since hes out of options, hes continually been squeezed out of his opportunities. Whenever he has cleared waivers, he has elected free agency and signed a new deal with fresh opt-outs, seemingly having a strong preference for flexibility. While bouncing around, he has thrown 15 major league innings with a 5.40 ERA, 15.2% strikeout rate, 10.6% walk rate and 46.8% ground ball rate. But hes also thrown 33 2/3 Triple-A innings with a 1.87 ERA, 31.3% strikeout rate, 6.9% walk rate and grounders on more than half of the balls in play hes allowed. That minor league performance has seemingly led to plenty of interest around the league, with Baltimore being his latest stop. If he can perform like that at the major league level, he could be a nice a set for a Baltimore bullpen that hasnt been strong this year. Their relief corps has a collective 4.18 ERA, putting them in the bottom third of the league. If things click, he can be retained beyond this season via arbitration, but based on the way his year has gone, it wouldnt be a surprise to see him bouncing around again soon. Zimmermann, 29, has been in the Orioles organization for more than six years now. He came over from Atlanta in the that sent and the other way. He appeared in 38 games over the 2020-23 seasons, logging 158 1/3 innings with a 5.57 ERA, 18.1% strikeout rate, 5.2% walk rate and 41.1% ground ball rate. Hes been on optional a signment for all of 2024 so far, having to sed 69 1/3 innings in the minors with a 4.41 ERA, 21.7% strikeout rate and 8.6% walk rate. With the trade deadline now pa sed, the Os will have to put Zimmermann on waivers in the coming days. This is his final option year, so hell be out of options next year. A claiming club could potentially stash him in the minors for the rest of this season but he would need an active roster spot by next year. He has le s than two years of service time, so any claiming club could control him for five seasons beyond this one. If he were to pa s through outright waivers unclaimed, he would stick with the Os in a non-roster capacity. Lonzo Ball Jersey