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Dylan Bundy is going to the big leagues

Dylan Bundy

Baltimore Orioles pitcher Dylan Bundy walks on the field during a baseball spring training workout Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, in Sarasota, Fla. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Wow, we weren’t expecting this: Ken Rosenthal reports that the Orioles are calling up Dylan Bundy.

At the end of August the Orioles made up their minds to send Bundy to the instructional league and to not make him a part of their September callups. But when you play a ton of close games and then throw in an 18-inning affair like they played last night, the pitching gets taxed. Between a tired staff, a playoff push and a rested phenom, just sitting there and waiting to be used, it makes perfect sense that Bundy is getting the call.

Bundy played on three different levels in his first professional season. He obliterated low-A hitters, allowing only five hits and zero earned runs -- I repeat, zero earned runs -- in 30 innings. High-A was a bit more of a challenge, but the 19 year-old still posted a 6-3 record with a 2.84 ERA and 66 strikeouts in 54 innings. In double-A Bundy made three starts, winning two of them and allowing six earned runs in sixteen and two-thirds while striking out 13. His control was a but shaky, relatively speaking, once he started facing the older hitters.

His role with the big club: likely limited relief pitching. The O’s arms need a break. And the future of the franchise is there to give it to them.