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Orioles designate Gutiérrez for assignment

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BALTIMORE—The Orioles reduced their roster to 26 players on Monday when they designated infielder Kelvin Gutiérrez for assignment. After Sunday’s game, they optioned outfielder Ryan McKenna to Triple-A Norfolk.

Teams were permitted to carry 28 players from Opening Day until now. They’ll be able to keep 14 pitchers, as the Orioles did, on their 26-man roster until May 29th. Between May 29th and September 1st, they’ll be limited to 13 pitchers on the 26-man roster.

Gutiérrez, who ended the 2021 season as the Orioles’ regular third baseman, has hit just .143 (4-for-28) with three RBIs this season. He committed three errors, two in Thursday’s game at Yankee Stadium.

McKenna was batting .263 with two RBIs.

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The Orioles have just three position players on the bench, but that could change before May 29th.

Gutiérrez’s designation leaves 39 players on the 40-man roster.

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Rich Dubroff

Rich Dubroff grew up in Brooklyn as a fan of New York teams, but after he moved to Baltimore, quickly adopted the Orioles and Colts. After nearly two decades as a freelancer assisting on Orioles coverage for several outlets, principally The Capital in Annapolis and The Carroll County Times, Dubroff began covering the team fulltime in 2011. He spent five years at Comcast SportsNet’s website and for the last two seasons, wrote for PressBoxonline.com, Dubroff lives in Baltimore with his wife of more than 30 years, Susan.

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