Orioles Declare Shawn Dubin, Designate Matt Bowman For Project

The Orioles introduced that they’ve claimed right-hander Shawn Dubin off waivers. The Astros designated him for task earlier this week. The O’s additionally introduced that righty Kyle Bradish has been reinstated from the 60-day injured record, a transfer which was beforehand reported. To open 40-man spots for these two, the O’s transferred righty Scott Blewett to the 60-day injured record and designated righty Matt Bowman for task. Bowman’s DFA opens an lively roster spot for Bradish. Dubin is out of choices and also will want an lively roster spot as soon as he reviews to the membership.

Dubin, 29, isn’t having his finest season however has proven promise up to now. He got here into the 12 months with 54 1/3 large league innings and a 4.64 earned run common. His 11.6% stroll fee was a bit excessive however he had struck out 24.1% of batters confronted and saved balls in play on the bottom at a forty five.5% clip.

Right here in 2025, he has frolicked on the IL as a result of shoulder irritation and a forearm pressure. Round these IL stints, he tossed 25 2/3 innings for the Astros with a 5.61 ERA. His 46.9% floor ball fee was nonetheless good and he dropped his stroll fee to 7.2% however his strikeout fee additionally fell to 18.9%. Since he’s out of choices, he bought nudged off Houston’s roster and onto the waiver wire.

He’s a wise flier for the O’s. They’re enjoying out the string on a misplaced season. Their bullpen has been stripped down so much this 12 months. They traded Seranthony Domínguez, Gregory Soto and Andrew Kittredge forward of the deadline. Nearer Félix Bautista not too long ago underwent shoulder surgical procedure and shall be out of motion nicely into 2026. That offers them plenty of roles to fill on the 2026 crew.

They’ll use the rest of this season to take probabilities on guys like Dubin to see what occurs. He’s out of choices however could possibly be a long-term piece if he bounces again. His service time is between one and two years, that means he could possibly be managed for 5 seasons past this one if he continues to carry onto a roster spot. It’s additionally attainable the O’s attempt to run him by way of waivers sooner or later so as to maintain him as a non-roster depth piece.

As for Blewett, he was acquired from Atlanta in a June money deal. He was positioned on the 15-day IL July thirteenth as a result of elbow discomfort. This switch is backdated to that preliminary IL placement, so he’ll be eligible for reinstatement in a few weeks. That offers him a window to pitch once more this season however it’s unclear if that’s attainable from a well being perspective.

This was Bowman’s fourth stint of the season with the Orioles. He appeared in a single sport, pitching 1 1/3 innings however permitting a pair of runs. That ballooned his season-long earned run common to an unsightly 6.20. Bowman has been stable in Triple-A Norfolk, tossing 26 1/3 innings for the Tides and posting a 4.10 ERA. He’s set down 21.8% of his opponents there on strikes and notched a 5.5% stroll fee.

Bowman shall be positioned on outright waivers or launch waivers inside the subsequent few days. He’s cleared waivers at a number of factors this season and accepted an outright task to Norfolk every time, so it appears there’s a robust probability the O’s will grasp onto him as a depth arm for the ultimate month or so of the common season.