Orioles claim and option Brooks Kriske

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Like we won't be saying that about Brooks Riske in a couple years.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

There's also Brook Fordyce if you want to count the singular version. 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fordybr01.shtml

[sportsfan8703]

Yankees 2020 top prospect list. Kriske  was # 28 on MLB pipeline. 
 

https://www.mlb.com/prospects/2020/yankees/

Scouting Grades/Report (20-80 grading scale)

FASTBALL

60

SLIDER

50

SPLITTER

60

CONTROL

40

OVERALL

40

An effective reliever for four college seasons at Southern California, Kriske commanded a $100,000 bonus as a priority senior sign in the sixth round of the 2016 Draft. He blew out his elbow two months after turning pro, requiring Tommy John surgery that sidelined him for all of ‘17. He took off once he developed a splitter, claiming a spot on the Yankees’ 40-man roster after the ‘19 season and making his big league debut in July 2020. 

Kriske's fastball topped out at 96 mph in college and averaged 91 mph when he first came back from elbow reconstruction surgery, but he now sits around 95 mph. His four-seamer rides up in the strike zone and pairs well with his 84-88 mph splitter, which bottoms out at the plate. A true three-pitch reliever, he also has a low-80s slider that he primarily uses against right-handers. 

Kriske hides the ball well with a short arm action that enables his pitches to get on hitters quicker than they expect. In order to claim a full-time job as a middle reliever in New York's bullpen, he'll need to do a better job of challenging hitters and throwing strikes. His control always has been fringy at best and he walked seven of the 22 big leaguers he faced last summer.

[ChipTait]

14 hours ago, SteveA said:

Would he be the second Brooks in Oriole history?

They once signed Brooks Kieschnick to a minor league deal, but he chose to retire a few months later.  BK is one of my all-time favorite Texas Longhorn players.

https://www.milb.com/player/brooks-kieschnick-117044

[LTO's]

Get used to this. The O's are going to keep roster spots open to pick up these type of guys that are cut sooner than an average team probably would. Looking at Tampa specifically. A rule 5 guy or two is all but guaranteed as well.

[Yardball85]

Without looking too close at stats - Cody Carroll, part 2?  Hard thrower with good minor league numbers from NYY?

[Just Regular]

1 hour ago, LTO's said:

Get used to this. The O's are going to keep roster spots open to pick up these type of guys that are cut sooner than an average team probably would. Looking at Tampa specifically. A rule 5 guy or two is all but guaranteed as well.

I just thought it was kind of fun from a Yankees 40-man perspective.   I guess with Britton TJ and pitcher scuffles they just had to get Sal Romano to the big ballclub for the wildcard race as Kriske wasn't cutting it.   

I feel like mid-September 40-man changes would be somewhat rare for a competitive club unless things are getting desperate.

Obviously on the Orioles side of the coin, whatever sticks to the wall.

[MurphDogg]

Great article by Dan Connolly in The Athletic, Kriske is in fact named after Brooks Robinson, who became a family friend.

[Il BuonO]

On 9/16/2021 at 4:38 PM, Hazmat said:

I'd love to hear why we claimed this guy but not Enyel De Los Santos.

His name is Brooks!