UPDATE: As expected, Hammel is officially back from the DL and will face New York tonight.
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Baltimore’s rotation will get a boost Thursday when Jason Hammel comes off the disabled list to face the Yankees.
Hammel has been out since mid-July with a knee injury that required surgery, but before being shut down he was the Orioles’ best starter with a 3.54 ERA and 106/39 K/BB ratio in 109 innings.
Hammel convinced the Orioles that he’s ready to return by tossing five scoreless innings Saturday at Single-A and manager Buck Showalter signed off on putting him back into the rotation following a bullpen session yesterday.
