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  • BAL Relief Pitcher #74
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    Felix Bautista faced hitters for the first time Sunday.
    Bautista is aiming to be ready for Opening Day after missing all of 2024 with Tommy John surgery. On Sunday, the 29-year-old right-hander’s fastball was sitting in the mid-90s. That’s below his pre-surgery velocity that could touch triple digits. Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said the team will wait and see if that velocity returns, noting that some pitchers don’t recover their velocity in their first year back from Tommy John surgery. Baltimore figures to continue to bring Bautista along slowly as he recovers.
  • BAL Relief Pitcher #74
    Félix Bautista threw a bullpen session Friday and is aiming to be ready for Opening Day as he completes his comeback from Tommy John.
    Bautista estimated he’s currently at 85% strength, but that he expects to be all the way there by Opening Day. His workload will surely be monitored closely, but barring a setback, he figures to open up as Baltimore’s closer. Just don’t expect to see him in games until the second half of the spring.
  • BAL Relief Pitcher #74
    The Orioles will go slowly with closer Felíx Bautista this spring, but they expect him to be ready for Opening Day, GM Mike Elias said.
    There’s no real point in having Bautista pitch in the first 7-10 days of games, so he probably won’t. Bautista underwent Tommy John in October 2023 and had a followup procedure last February.
  • BAL Relief Pitcher #27
    Orioles signed RHP Andrew Kittredge to a one-year, $10 million contract with a $9 million club option for 2026.
    The deal is now official after Kittredge passed his physical. The 34-year-old veteran right-hander features a deadly sinker-slider combo and figures to jump right into Baltimore’s high-leverage mix behind closer Félix Bautista. He finished last year with one save and 37 holds for the Cardinals along with a sparkling 2.80 ERA, 1.13 WHIP and 67/20 K/BB ratio across 70 2/3 innings (74 appearances).
  • BAL Relief Pitcher #74
    Orioles reinstated RHP Félix Bautista, RHP Kyle Bradish, INF/OF Jorge Mateo, and RHP Tyler Wells from the 60-day IL.
    This was a procedural move as each player had to be activated from the injured list today and placed on the 40-man roster. Bautista, Mateo, and Wells should be full-go for the start of the season with Bautista again being the closer for the Orioles, which could make him a great value in fantasy leagues.
  • BAL Relief Pitcher #74
    Félix Bautista (elbow) threw a bullpen session on Wednesday at Camden Yards.
    It marked the first time the hard-throwing All-Star closer has thrown off a mound since undergoing Tommy John surgery last October. The 29-year-old isn’t expected to make it back to Baltimore this season, but he’s expected to be a full-go by spring training. Barring any unexpected setbacks, he’s should return to elite fantasy closer status by the time next spring rolls around.
  • BAL Relief Pitcher #74
    Félix Bautista (elbow) will throw off of a mound for the first time next week as he continues his recovery from Tommy John surgery.
    The Orioles have already ruled out the 29-year-old right-hander for this season, but he should have a full and relatively normal offseason and will enter spring training next year at full strength. The Orioles could always go out and add another late-inning arm to the mix, but it sounds like Bautista should be considered their closer heading into the 2025 season.
  • BAL Relief Pitcher #74
    Félix Bautista (elbow) resumed throwing on Friday.
    Bautista isn’t expected to return until the 2025 campaign after undergoing Tommy John surgery last October, and a follow-up procedure in early February, but he’s already kicked off a throwing program. The hard-throwing 28-year-old stopper should be ready to go in the early stages of next season.
  • BAL Relief Pitcher #74
    Orioles placed RHP Félix Bautista on the 60-day injured list.
    Bautista is expected to be sidelined until 2025 after undergoing Tommy John surgery last October. The 2023 AL Reliever of the Year underwent additional elbow surgery last week, but the team does not expect it to impact his return timetable. Baltimore signed veteran stopper Craig Kimbrel this offseason to take over as the team’s closer with Bautista unavailable.
  • BAL Relief Pitcher #74
    Félix Bautista is still expected to be ready for 2025 after receiving a right elbow debridement and an ulnar nerve transposition on Friday.
    The Orioles say it won’t affect his timetable. It does rule out the slight chance that he could return from Oct. 2023 Tommy John surgery at the end of this season, but that seemed to be more his hope than the team’s. Given the additional problems, perhaps it’s somewhat less likely he’ll return in 2025 as the same dominant pitcher he was last year, at least early on. The Orioles are turning to Craig Kimbrel as their closer this year with Bautista on the shelf.