This article is part of the Know Your Orioles 40-man series, which features an article about each of the 38 players currently on the Orioles roster. There will be one every weekday until we run out of players.
One kind of player who you get really familiar with during a multi-year rebuilding effort where the franchise puts minimal effort into winning at the major league level is the guy who was claimed on waivers. There are seven players on the Orioles 40-man roster right now who’ve arrived in this way. Sometimes these players are here and gone in nearly the blink of an eye.