Chadwick

Tromp

Tromp appeared in eight games between the Orioles and Braves this past season as emergency catching depth. The 30-year-old backstop has been a mainstay in Atlanta’s catching stable for the last half-decade and will be with the club in spring training as insurance behind Drake Baldwin and Sean Murphy.

A little extra catching depth. Tromp has appeared in two games for the Braves and six for the Orioles this season, going 3-for-21 with a homer. He’s a career .221/.230/.390 hitter in 178 plate appearances.

The 30-year-old backstop had been designated for assignment after being activated from the injured list, but he passed through waivers unclaimed and will continue to function as extra catching depth for the O’s.

MLB.com’s Jake Rill adds that Tromp is the 23rd Orioles player to hit the injured list this season. He’s also the third catcher Baltimore has lost due to injury in the past two weeks alone. It’ll be veteran journeyman Jacob Stallings, not top prospect Samuel Basallo, coming up to take his spot on the club’s active roster. The 30-year-old suffered the injury during Monday’s series opener against the Rangers and figures to miss a couple weeks.

It’s starting to look like the Orioles might legitimately run out of catchers. Gary Sánchez is the only healthy backstop left on the club’s 40-man roster at the moment unless Baltimore finally wants to finally call up top prospect Samuel Basallo.

No Samuel Basallo. Tromp was up briefly last month and went 0-for-4 in two games. He’s a career .219/.229/.375 hitter in 166 major league plate appearances.

Tromp got into a pair of games for the Orioles during a brief stint with the club while Adley Rutschman dealt with a possible head injury. The 30-year-old will head back to the minors as emergency organizational catching depth.

Tromp went 0-for-4 at the plate in a pair of games for the Orioles while Adley Rutschman was sidelined earlier this week with a possible head injury. The 30-year-old backstop figures to pass through waivers unclaimed and head to Triple-A Norfolk.

The positive news here for the Orioles and fantasy managers is that Rutschman appears likely to avoid a trip to the concussion injured list. The 27-year-old franchise cornerstone will continue undergoing further evaluation after taking a foul ball off his catcher’s mask during Sunday’s game against the Red Sox. Orioles interim manager Tony Mansolino told reporters that Rutschman will go through an on-field workout and take batting practice prior to Tuesday’s game, adding that he should be available in a few days. It’ll be Chadwick Tromp and Maverick Handley shouldering the catching workload in his absence.

He’s needed with Adley Rutschman unavailable today. Tromp opened the season with the Braves, but he appeared in just two games before being dropped from the roster. He’s a career .224/.235/.385 hitter in 162 plate appearances over parts of six seasons in the majors.