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Orioles acquire reliever Thyago Vieira from Brewers

CHICAGO—The Orioles acquired right-handed pitcher Thyago Vieira and minor league right-hander Aneuris Rodriguez from the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday in exchange for minor league right-hander Garrett Stallings.

Vieira had a 5.64 ERA in 16 games with the Brewers before he was designated for assignment on May 20th. He’s 2-2 with a 6.18 ERA and one save in 41 games with Seattle, the White Sox and Milwaukee in five seasons. The 31-year pitched in Japan from 2020-2022.

He’s one of five Brazilians to play in the major leagues and will be the first to play for the Orioles.

Rodriguez, who’s 19, has a 3.86 ERA in 3 games for the Arizona Complex League Brewers. He’s struck out 15 in 7 1/3 innings.

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Stallings, who has a non-roster invite to spring training in 2023 and 2024 came to the Orioles along with pitcher Jean Pintoin December 2020 from the Los Angeles Angels in a trade for shortstop Jose Iglesias. He was 0-1 with a 5.67 ERA in 11 games for Triple-A Norfolk this season.

Vieira was placed on the Orioles’ 40-man roster, which is now full, but has yet to report. Rodriguez will be assigned to the Florida Complex League Orioles.

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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