CHICAGO (AP) 鈥� The Baltimore Orioles acquired left-hander Nick Raquet in a trade with the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday.
The addition of Raquet puts another lefty in the bullpen for first-year manager Craig Albernaz. The 30-year-old Raquet was designated for assignment by the Cardinals on Sunday.
The Orioles also transferred right-hander Zach Eflin to the 60-day injured list. Right-hander Brandon Young was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk.
Eflin, who turns 32 on Wednesday, with right elbow discomfort.
鈥淗e’s getting a second opinion today,鈥� Albernaz said before over the Chicago White Sox. 鈥淎nd also, the way it’s trending, 60-day makes a ton of sense.鈥�
The 27-year-old Young pitched five scoreless innings in over the White Sox. He was brought up from Norfolk to fill in for Eflin after Cade Povich, Baltimore鈥檚 first option for the start, worked 5 2/3 innings in long relief Sunday at Pittsburgh.
鈥淏.Y. stepping up, giving us five innings of shutout baseball was exactly what we needed,鈥� Albernaz said. 鈥淚t just speaks to our starting pitching depth.鈥�
The Orioles sent minor league second baseman Brayden Smith to the Cardinals for Raquet, a third-round pick in the 2017 amateur draft.
Raquet made his major league debut last year, tossing two scoreless innings for the Cardinals in September. He was 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA in two relief appearances for Triple-A Peoria this season, last pitching on Wednesday.
鈥淵ou can never have enough left-handed pitching, especially relievers,鈥� Albernaz said. 鈥淵ou love the strike-throwing ability he has shown. … So the biggest thing for us right now is to get him acclimated. He hasn’t thrown in a little bit. So we want to make sure that he gets outside, plays catch and touches the mound and we’ll kind of go from there.鈥�
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