A pair of trades with Los Angeles’ baseball franchises continued to bear fruit for the Orioles on Friday, with three prospects from those deals joining Baltimore’s 40-man roster.
Outfielder Yusniel Diaz and infielder Rylan Bannon, both products of the July 2018 trade that sent superstar Manny Machado to the Los Angeles Dodgers, and right-hander Isaac Mattson, the most experienced of the four minor league pitchers the Orioles received last year for trading Dylan Bundy to the Los Angeles Angels, joined right-hander Michael Baumann and left-handers Zac Lowther and Alexander Wells in being added to Baltimore’s 40-man roster.
Friday was the deadline to protect eligible players from being selected in next month’s Rule 5 draft by selecting their contracts.