8:42am: The Orioles have now announced the mornings roster moves. Bauelos has indeed been designated for a signment. His spot on the 40-man roster and on the active roster will go to righty , whose contract has been selected from Norfolk. Suarez, 34, has pitched in parts of two big league seasons both with the Giants but hasnt been on a major league mound since 2017. He posted a 4.51 ERA in 115 2/3 innings with San Francisco in 2016-17, spent the 2018 season with the D-backs Triple-A club, and has been pitching in Japan and South Korea in the five-year interim. Suarez spent the 2019-21 campaigns with the Yakult Swallows of Japans Nippon Profe sional Baseball, logging a collective 3.00 ERA, 19.4% strikeout rate and 9.2% walk rate in 162 frames. Hes spent the past two seasons with the KBOs Samsung Lions, recording a 3.04 ERA in 281 2/3 innings over the life of 48 starts Kevin Kelly Jersey . In 15 1/3 innings to begin his 2024 season with the Tides, Suarez has posted an ugly 5.87 ERA but a very intriguing 17-to-1 K/BB ratio. It could be a short stay on the 40-man roster for him as well, depending on how the teams rotation plans play out. Suarez is out of minor league options, so he cant be sent back down to Norfolk without first clearing waivers. Regardle s, itll be a rewarding and gratifying moment for a 34-year-old righty who has undoubtedly wondered at times whether hed ever return to the majors. 8:36am: The Orioles will announce today that theyve designated catcher for a signment, Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com. Hell be the corresponding roster move for the promotion of todays starting pitcher. Righty had been slated to take the ball, but he hit the injured list last night with an elbow injury. Bauelos was already with the Orioles on their taxi squad as an emergency third catcher. Multiple Os beat writers last night suggested that his addition to the 40-man roster was primarily due to him already being with the club and the team not having sufficient time to add another arm with Wells hitting the 15-day IL rather suddenly. The Os did right by Bauelos, plugging the 27-year-old minor league veteran into the game as a pinch-hitter to at least give him a brief big league debut after a six-year grind in the minors. Bauelos likely knew from the jump that his stint on the 40-man would be quite brief, and even though he merely flew out in place of , he nonethele s said after the game that the lone at-bat was honestly one of the coolest moments of my life ( via Jacob Calvin Meyer of the Baltimore Sun). Baltimore will now have a week to trade Bauelos, pa s him through outright waivers or release him. He joined the Os over the winter on a minor league deal and has opened the season with a 2-for-11 showing in Triple-A Norfolk. One of those two knocks left the yard. Bauelos was a fifth-round pick by the Mariners in 2017 who was traded to the Twins for international bonus space a year later. He spent six seasons in Minnesotas minor league ranks and is regarded as a strong defender with average power and a well below-average hit tool. In 307 career Triple-A plate appearances, Bauelos is a .209/.268/.394 hitter with a 31.9% strikeout rate. Alex Jackson Jersey