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Oriole signed LHP Cesar Cabral


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Cesar Cabral - R - Orioles

Oriole signed LHP Cesar Cabral to a minor league contract.

He'll presumably be invited to spring training. Cabral allowed three runs in his lone big league inning in 2014 and posted a 6.28 ERA in the minors, though he did strike out 44 over 38 2/3 frames on the farm. He's a depth add.

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This could be a good under the radar move. Cabral never had much command problems prior to 2012. He lost all of that season due to a stress fracture in his elbow. The injury cost him the first couple of months of the 2013 season as well. When he came back, he was walking almost three more batters per 9 innings than he had previously over his career. Through May of 2014, he had a 25% BB rate in the minors for the 2014 season. June through August, he dropped that down to just over 13%.

Looks like there is a possibility that his elbow issues caused the command issues. If he is healthy now and his walk rate stays where it was the second half of the season, he could be of some value. He didn't show much in the way of splits in the minors.

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