Good morning, Camden Chatters.
The Orioles’ plodding, somewhat mystifying offseason rolls on with another low-cost signing, this time a player whose name should be plenty familiar to O’s fans. Right-hander Mychal Givens, who spent parts of six seasons in the Birds’ bullpen — filling the closer role in 2018 and 2019 — has returned to the club, agreeing to a one-year deal yesterday. MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand reports that Givens will receive a $3 million salary for 2023 with a $6 million mutual option for 2024.
It’s the first time in Mike Elias’s Orioles tenure that he has re-signed a player he once traded, with the reunion coming two years and four months after the O’s GM dealt Givens to the Rockies for Terrin Vavra, Tyler Nevin, and Mishael Deson.