Orioles Acquire Paul Fry For Int’l Pool Slot, Designate Parker Bridwell

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Fry’s professional career began with the Mariners affiliate in the Arizona Rookie League. Fry was reasonably effective in the desert, going 2-3 with a 4.45 ERA across 14 appearances. He struck out 34 and walked 8 in 34 innings of work. Fry allowed 1.441 walks/hits per inning and registered a 4.25 strikeout to walk ratio.

 

The Waterford, MI native permanently shifted to the bullpen in 2014, and the young lefty flourished in his new role. Fry was electric for the Clinton LumberKings of the Midwest League, going 4-4 and posting a 2.73 ERA across 38 games. He fanned 77, walked 33 and recored a pair of saves in 66 innings. Fry surrendered just 1 home run all season with the LumberKings.

Following his impressive season in Clinton, the Mariners gave Fry an extended look in big league camp last spring. Fry ran with the opportunity, firing 5.1 shutout frames while striking out 4, walking 2 and saving 1 game for the M’s. He limited the opposition to a .211 batting average in Cactus League play.

The St. Clair County Community College alum began the 2015 season with the Mariners’ California League affiliate in Bakersfield. Fry outclassed his opposition, going 4-3 with a 2.13 ERA in 28 appearances. He racked up 70 strikeouts and issued 14 free passes across 55 innings. Fry also added a pair of saves to his impressive stat line with the Blaze.

It was obvious Fry was ready for the next level, and the M’s promoted the talented southpaw to the Jackson Generals in July. He proceeded to pitch the best two months of his career in the Southern League. Fry posted a 1.80 ERA with 7 saves over the course of 22 appearances with Jackson. He averaged a ridiculous 15.5 strikeouts per 9 innings, and walked just 10 hitters in 25 innings.

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2015 was an incredible season for Fry. Combined, he posted a 2.02 ERA and saved 9 games in 50 appearances with the Bakersfield Blaze and Jackson Generals. Fry averaged 12.7 strikeouts per 9 innings and issued just 2.7 free passes per 9 innings. He registered a 4.71 strikeout to walk ratio, and held the opposition to 1.150 walks/hits per inning. Most remarkable of all, Fry allowed 0 home runs in 80 innings pitched.

http://sodomojo.com/2016/02/16/mariners-top-20-prospects-14-c-tyler-marlette/

 

Pitched in the Pacific Coast league too. 

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19) Paul Fry, LHP, Grade C+: Age 23, posted 2.03 ERA with 113/24 K/BB in 80 innings between High-A and Double-A; 68 hits; excellent stats on the season; low-90s fastball with movement; good slider and average change-up; 17^th round pick in 2013 could be fine middle reliever. 

http://www.minorleagueball.com/2016/3/13/11214576/seattle-mariners-top-20-prospects-for-2016

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105. Orioles

$198,000

Which of course the Orioles were not going to spend. 

[Can_of_corn]

6 minutes ago, Enjoy Terror said:

I was thinking more Britton, Hart, Gausman, Bundy, Drake, Givens... but yeah I get it. We did make a dumb pitcher purchase. Or two.

O'Day, Brach, Norris, Miley...

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, weams said:

105. Orioles

$198,000

Which of course the Orioles were not going to spend. 

Don't want to risk overloading the system with talent.

Might not be room for the two 18th round picks they traded Matusz for last year.

[weams]

7 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Don't want to risk overloading the system with talent.

Might not be room for the two 18th round picks they traded Matusz for last year.

Brandon Barker was awful his first game. Besides. What 16 year old are you going to get for 190k?

[Can_of_corn]

6 minutes ago, weams said:

Brandon Barker was awful his first game. Besides. What 16 year old are you going to get for 190k?

What did Schoop sign for?

[ArtVanDelay]

7 minutes ago, weams said:

Brandon Barker was awful his first game. Besides. What 16 year old are you going to get for 190k?

How much did Schoop get?

[Dr. Unk]

32 minutes ago, backwardsk said:

In September, Buck will turn into Girardi and use 9 pitchers to get from the 6th through the 8th.

At the rate we're going, that will be from the 5th to 7th.

[Aristotelian]

11 K/9. I am intrigued. 

[sportsfan8703]

1 hour ago, Crazysilver03 said:

This is getting a tad absurd. Wonder who the 40 man move is now. 

Apparently DD thought the 40 man was absurd.  Some names that have been DFA'd recently:

Urrutia, Dariel Alvarez, Lough, Pena, Bridwell, Garcia, Drake, Berry, Chris Jones, Matusz(traded), C.Walker, Adam Walker, Rifenhauser, Olmos, etc...  

It's like he's trying to stock the system from top down instead of bottom to top.  We've been drafting better so hopefully the two will meet.  Bowie's rotation is pretty prospectless right now.  Eventually the depth will meet the prospects. 

Another absurd fact, our signed int'l players in full season baseball in the minors;

AAA- Urrutia

AA- Rosa

A+- Peralta, Reyes, Alvarado

A- Ortega

 

[Frobby]

The last 2.5 months have been the most hectic February-April I can ever remember.     It's been a couple of transactions a week, it seems.   

[El Gordo]

All these pitchers I'm losing track. Where will they put them all? Closet space at Bowie?

[ChuckS]

Stockpiling potential back end bullpen guys.  I like it.  

A few of em are bound to turn out.  I'm including some of our homegrown guys in this too (Liranzo, Cleavinger, Scott, Meisinger).  Now Magnifico, Fry, and I thought there was another guy we picked up over the last week, but I can't recall his name. 

[backwardsk]

7 minutes ago, ChuckS said:

Stockpiling potential back end bullpen guys.  I like it.  

A few of em are bound to turn out.  I'm including some of our homegrown guys in this too (Liranzo, Cleavinger, Scott, Meisinger).  Now Magnifico, Fry, and I thought there was another guy we picked up over the last week, but I can't recall his name. 

Castro and Faulkner, unless they try to make them starters.