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Orioles designate Rudy Martin Jr. for assignment

Rudy Martin Jr.

BAL Right Fielder

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Orioles designated OF Rudy Martin Jr. for assignment.

Martin loses his spot on Baltimore’s 40-man roster with the club needing to bring up emergency catching depth with Adley Rutschman hitting the injured list. The 30-year-old was acquired from the Royals in a trade last week.

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Rudy Martin Jr.

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Blue Jays claimed OF Rudy Martin Jr. off waivers from the Orioles; optioned him to Triple-A Buffalo.

Martin Jr. is a big pick up for the Bisons; the 30-year-old has hit .385/.489/.590 for Triple-A Omaha and .261/.396/.406 for Double-A Northwest Arkansas this year. The Orioles had acquired from the Royals for cash on July 18, but never used him in a game before having to designate him for assignment.
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Orioles acquired OF Rudy Martin Jr. from the Royals for cash.

Martin heads to Baltimore after triggering the opt-out clause in his minor league deal with Kansas City. The 30-year-old has yet to reach the big leagues and has spent more than a decade toiling away in the minors. He’s put together a strong season in the upper minors, hitting .284/.414/.441 with eight homers and 33 steals in 255 plate appearances over 64 games this season.
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Triple-A Omaha outfielder Rudy Martin Jr. intends to trigger an upward mobility clause in his contract Wednesday, says Ari Alexander of 7News.

The 30-year-old Martin was the Royals ' 25th-round pick in 2014. After seven years in the system, he joined the Nats organization in 2022 and then landed in indy ball for a time. He rejoined the Royals in 2025 and has been excellent this year, hitting .284/.414/.441 with 33 steals between Double- and Triple-A. It seems unlikely that another club would be willing to bring him right to the majors, but a contender might be open to adding him to the 40-man and looking at him as a potential tactical option down the stretch and in the postseason.
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Rudy Martin has signed with the Milwaukee Milkmen of the independent American Association.

Martin signed a minor league contract with the Nationals last year and went on to hit .233/.346/.352 with five homers and 17 stolen bases across 211 plate appearances over 51 games in the lower levels of Washington’s minor league system. The 26-year-old outfielder spent the first six seasons of his career in the Royals’ farm system.
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Nationals signed OF Rudy Martin to a minor league contract.

Martin, 25, spent the first seven years of his minor league career in the Royals organization. In 2021, he slashed .267/.389/.433 with 11 homers, 51 RBI and 21 stolen bases in just 89 games between Double-A Northwest Arkansas and Triple-A Omaha. He possesses an intriguing blend of power and speed and is joining a Nationals organization that could have openings in their big league outfield. It’s not out of the realm of possibility to think he could see time with the Nats during the 2022 season.

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José Urquidy

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The White Sox are acquiring DFA’d right-hander José Urquidy from the Pirates, according to FanSided’s Robert Murray.

Urquidy had been at Triple-A since mid-April before being removed from the Pirates’ 40-man on Friday. The White Sox could be looking at him as a fifth starter or middle reliever.
- Matthew Pouliot

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Riley O'Brien

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Riley O’Brien was unavailable Sunday against the Reds because of an illness.

The Cardinals never had a late-inning lead in the 10-inning loss to the Reds, but it was surprising not to see O’Brien in the tie game at some point. As it turned out,there was a good reason. Consider him day-to-day.
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Logan Schmidt

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2026 second-round pick Logan Schmidt announced Sunday that he will not be signing with the Guardians.

Interestingly, Schmidt did not mention his LSU commitment in his Instagram post announcing the decision, suggesting that he might be thinking about going to junior college and then reentering the draft next year. Schmidt, a left-handed pitcher, was viewed by many as a first-round talent before slipping to the 59th overall selection on draft day.
- Matthew Pouliot

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Tsung-Che Cheng

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Red Sox optioned INF Tsung-Che Cheng to Triple-A Worcester.

Cheng goes to make room for Curtis Mead on the active roster. He hit .256/.318/.282 in 44 plate appearances while helping to fill in for Trevor Story and Marcelo Mayer. Andruw Monasterio will serve as Boston’s everyday shortstop for now. Romy Gonzalez is probably the backup, though he hasn’t played the position in two years. Ceddanne Rafaela would probably be the better option, in truth.
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Nathaniel Lowe

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Nathaniel Lowe went 3-for-5 and drove in two in the 10th in the Reds’ 5-3 victory over the Cardinals on Sunday.

Sal Stewart singled in the go-ahead run in the 10th before Lowe broke it open, giving the Reds a 5-2 lead. The Cardinals then scored just the automatic runner in the bottom of the inning. Incredibly enough, it’s Lowe’s very first three-hit game of the year. He’s been pretty good in batting .258/.333/.475 in 249 plate appearances, and he’d seem to be a particularly likely candidate to be moved before next week’s trade deadline.
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Andrew Abbott

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Andrew Abbott pitched six innings of two-run ball Sunday in a no-decision against the Cardinals.

He walked four but allowed just three hits. Abbott has three quality starts in his last four tries, but he’s now gone six straight starts without winning. One imagines there will be more of that in August and September if the Reds sell prior to the deadline. He’ll face the Pirates next.
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Julian Garcia

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Julian Garcia notched his first career save after allowing only the automatic runner to score in the 10th Sunday against the Cardinals.

Working with a three-run lead, Garcia gave up back-to-back singles with one out but then retired Masyn Winn and José Fermín to end the game. Garcia, a 31-year-old rookie, has a 2.93 ERA in 15 1/3 innings since being called up last month. He could be part of a committee situation in the ninth if the Reds trade closer Emilio Pagán before the deadline.
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Kyle Leahy

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Kyle Leahy fanned a career-high nine while allowing two runs in six innings Sunday against the Reds.

The runs came on homers from Elly De La Cruz and Ke’Bryan Hayes. It’s actually as many runs as Leahy had allowed in his last five starts combined. Leahy’s previous high for strikeouts was eight, which was also against the Reds back in May. He’ll pitch in Toronto next weekend.
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Ke’Bryan Hayes homered and walked before being lifted for a pinch-hitter Sunday against the Cardinals.

Sal Stewart hit for Hayes in the 10th and came through with an RBI single. Hayes’ homer was his third of the season and first since he came off the injured list. He’s 4-for-21 with just the one extra-base hit since being activated July 10.
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Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI against the Reds on Sunday.

Burleson’s double to right center in the second was hit 388 feet and would have been a homer in 16 ballparks, according to Statcast. Burleson has collected three hits in five of his last eight games, though, oddly, he has zero hits in the other three. He’s eighth in the majors with 116 hits, tied for fourth with 26 doubles and tied for sixth with 71 RBI.
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