Orioles closer Chris Ray will be placed on the 15-day disabled list with discomfort in his throwing elbow, the team announced Wednesday.
Ray, a right-hander, is 5-6 with a 4.43 earned-run average with 16 saves, having last pitched July 20 in Oakland ? the day he first started feeling discomfort.
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“I felt a lot better today than I did on Saturday or Sunday,” Ray said. “It wasn?t completely pain-free, but it was better.”
Orioles? interim manager Dave Trembley said Tuesday Ray had a bone spur, but the origin and extent of Ray?s injury are unclear.
“We will continue to diagnose it to understand what it is,” said Andy MacPhail, the Orioles? president of baseball operations. “He?ll meet with the doctor later, but its clear that he just needs a period off.”
The Orioles recalled right-hander Cory Doyne from Class-AAA Norfolk, where the International League All-Star was 0-1 with a 2.32 ERA and 29 saves in 42 games. He has made one appearance with the Orioles, recording one out and walking one against Arizona June 16.
TEJADA AT FREDERICK TONIGHT: Shortstop Miguel Tejada is expected to make his second rehab start on Thursday when he plays for Class-A Frederick. Tejada, who has been on the disabled list since June 22 with a broken wrist, went 0-for-3 with an RBI in six innings at Class-AA Bowie Wednesday. However, Trembley said he expects Tejada back in the Orioles? lineup on Friday, when the team opens a three-game series against the New York Yankees at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
PROSPECTS PLAY IN GCL: Right-hander Hayden Penn and outfielder Nolan Reimold are rehabbing with the Orioles? Gulf Coast League affiliate.
Penn made two starts for the GCL Orioles, allowing two runs in three innings. Reimold, who missed much of last season with an injured foot, has spent most of this year rehabilitating an injured back. Reimold, one of the team?s top hitting prospects, has four extra-base hits in 19 at-bats with the GCL Orioles.
