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Roa

Roa is on to his fourth organization of the year. He got into seven games with the Astros earlier this season, posting a 5.19 ERA.

This is the third team so far this year to DFA Roa, who had a 5.19 ERA with the Astros in a small sample before being jettisoned to the Twins and then Orioles. The league seems to have a lot of interest in fixing him, so perhaps he’ll be claimed or acquired yet again.

Roa was designated for assignment on Wednesday. The 27-year-old hurler made seven appearances at the big league level for the Astros this season, registering a 5.19 ERA, 1.96 WHIP and a 6/7 K/BB ratio. He’ll add extra bullpen depth at the Triple-A level for the O’s.

The move clears a spot for reliever Yoendrys Gómez, who was picked up in a trade with the Rays earlier on Wednesday. Roa was claimed off waivers from the Astros a couple weeks ago and hasn’t made it up to Minnesota.

The Astros DFAed Roa on Tuesday and he finds a new home on Thursday. Roa had a 5.19 ERA in seven appearances for the Astros this season, allowing runs in each of his last three appearances before being sent down, and walked seven batters against six strikeouts. The Twins continue to churn their pen and look for finds, we’ll see what they do with Roa in Triple-A.

Roa is now off the 40-man roster. The Astros will have three days to trade the right-hander, or they risk losing him to the waiver wire. if he goes unclaimed, he’ll report back to Sugar Land or can elect free agency.

Roa had allowed runs in each of his last three appearances, though in fairness he was used as a long reliever and asked to go multiple innings in all of them. The Astros opted for Peter Lambert instead. Roa will try to get back on track with the Space Cowboys.

Roa will add a fresh arm to the bullpen for at least a couple of days while the Astros figure out how they want to replace Hunter Brown (shoulder) in their starting rotation. The 27-year-old hurler has already made two appearances for the Astros this season, posting a 6.75 ERA, 2.25 WHIP and a 2/2 K/BB ratio across 1 1/3 frames.

The 26-year-old hurler posted a 6.75 ERA, 2.25 WHIP and a 2/2 K/BB ratio over 1 1/3 innings in his two appearances with the Astros. This wasn’t necessarily due to Roa’s ineffectiveness, it’s just that the Astros’ bullpen was completely overworked throughout the weekend and they had to make a move to get a fresh arm in there for Monday. Expect a corresponding move to be announced then.

Roa winds up making Houston’s season-opening bullpen after a strong showing in spring training. The 26-year-old posted a respectable 2.83 ERA across 60 1/3 innings at the Triple-A level last year and also made a pair of relief appearances for the Marlins. He’ll operate in middle relief for the Astros at the outset of the season.