Good morning, Birdland!
One of the significant offseason deadlines arrived yesterday. Teams needed to protect any eligible players from next month’s Rule 5 draft by placing them onto the 40-man roster. The O’s added six young players, but had to cut one veteran to make room. Renato Nunez was the unfortunate veteran.
Nunez has had a significant role on the team since arriving in mid-2018. His OPS+ the last three years was 114, 101, 121 to pair with 50 home runs over 263 total games. There is no question that the guy can hit the baseball.