CCIINNCCIINNNNAATTII RREEDDSS PPRREESSSS CCLLIIPPPPIINNGGSS OCTOBER 20, 2014

THIS DAY IN REDS HISTORY: OCTOBER 20, 1990 – THE REDS SWEPT THE A’S TO BECOME WORLD CHAMPIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1976. RHP JOSE RIJO WAS NAMED THE MVP COLLECTING TWO WINS WITH 15.1 INNINGS PITCHED, 14 AND A 0.59 ERA.

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Eric Davis' NLCS throw stands the test of time John Erardi

In the 24 years since the Reds last won a World Championship, has never been asked about the amazing play he made in Game 4 of the 1990 Championship Series when, manning left field in Pittsburgh, he backed up on a carom off the wall and threw a one-hop strike to to nail Pirates star , who was trying to turn his into a .

The play is arguably the second greatest defensive play in baseball's postseason history, behind only ' center field catch- and-spin-throw of Vic Wertz' deep drive at the Polo Grounds in the 1954 .

Here is what the great baseball writer Roger Angell, who was nine years old when he began watching games at Yankee Stadium in 1930 ( hit 49 bombs that year), wrote about the Davis play:

''I couldn't believe any of (it), even as it was happening; Davis had come over so swiftly from his place in left that I didn't see him at all, and my first feeling, even as the throw was in flight, was who was that? ... It was a famous play on the instant. (Pirates manager) said, 'They'll be talking about that play forever.'"

In the same article, then-Reds manager is quoted, ''Eric Davis has the greatest baseball instincts of any player I've ever seen.''

At the moment of that glove-it-and-whirl play, Davis looked just like the shortstop he was when the Reds signed him out of high school in .

''You can see it on the highlight,'' said Davis, laughing in a telephone interview during the Reds' 2012 NL Division Series in October vs. the . ''After 'Sabes' tags out Bonilla, Bonilla says to the third base , 'Who threw that?' He'd seen Billy approaching the wall, and he could tell Billy wasn't going to be able to catch the ball (or even retrieve it) and that's when he went for third.''

As Davis was being interviewed, it was the eighth inning of Game 4 of the NLDS at Great American Ball Park. The Reds were trailing 8-3.

In 1990, there was no NLDS. There were only two divisions in each league, and the winners of the NL East, the Pirates, played the winners of the NL West, the Reds, with the winner going directly to the World Series.

''I consider it one of the great series in postseason history,'' Davis said. ''It had everything but a no-hitter. It had doubles and triples and home runs, a lot of plays on the bases, and great defense. We (the Pirates and Reds) were mirror images of one another. Our bullpen was better, but other than that the teams were very evenly matched. The Pirates were favored, but not by a lot.''

The NLCS is ''where the real pressure is, because you're right on the edge of going to the World Series,'' said , one of the Reds starting pitchers in 1990, who outdueled that year's NL Cy Young winner, Doug Drabek, in Game 2.

Some of the greatest plays take place annually in the NLCS and ALCS.

It was certainly true in the 1990 NLDS.

Here's how The Enquirer ranks the five greatest plays of that series:

1. Davis' wheel-and-throw nailing Bonilla in Game 4.

2. Reds ' leaping grab at the wall at Riverfront Stadium in Game 6, robbing Carmelo Martinez of an HR.

3. Reds right fielder Paul O'Neill throwing out at third base in Game 2.

4. Reds center fielder Billy Hatcher throwing out at home in Game 4.

5. A variety of excellent plays by shortstop in Game 2.

O'Neill also threw out Bream at second base in the eighth inning of Game 1 at Riverfront. It was the Reds' first in the 1990 NLDS.

When Davis threw out Bonilla three games later, it gave the Reds' four outfield assists for the series.

In the 24 years since, only one team has surpassed that throwing show in a postseason series, the Mets (five outfield assists in the 1999 NLCS), and only two other teams have had as many as the Reds' four.

The record for most outfield assists in a postseason series is six. (All this, courtesy of Frank Labombarda of the Elias Sports Bureau.)

Where does Browning rank the 1990 NLDS?

''It's my favorite, because it's the only one I went to,'' he said, laughing.

Browning remembers the Davis wheel-and-throw. All of the Reds players do.

''He materialized out of nowhere,'' recalled Braggs, also in a telephone interview recently from his home in Santa Clarita, Calif. ''It was like Captain Kirk on Star Trek. 'Beam me up, Scotty.' All of a sudden, he was just there.''

Braggs' great play on the second-to-last out of Game 6 preserved the Reds' 2-1 lead and ultimately their trip to the World Series.

''I was positioned correctly,'' recalled Braggs modestly. ''(Reds closer) was throwing his nasty stuff on the (outside) black. Martinez had power. He liked going the other way.''

You better believe the 1990 Pirates remember those plays.

Bonilla surely remembers Davis' throw.

Bonilla wasn't watching Davis. Nobody was. Everybody in in Pittsburgh was watching the ball and watching Hatcher.

But Davis, coming over from left field to back up the play, quickly realized as he gauged Hatcher's location and where the ball was going to hit on the wall, that this was going to be his – Davis' – play.

The play has been talked about forever in some circles, but it hasn't become part of lore.

Bullpens separate Royals and Reds C. Trent Rosecrans

Ever since he became the general manager of the Reds, Walt Jocketty has stressed pitching and defense as the keys to success. And while that combination didn't lead to much success for the Reds in 2014, it was a winning formula for both the Royals and Giants, who will begin the World Series on Tuesday.

"I love seeing these teams that pitch and play good defense," Jocketty said. "The Giants are a team that scrap for runs and they seem to come up big. It's the same with the Royals, it's been incredible. They really feed off those guys that came up through the organization and they're fun to watch."

Jocketty's 2014 Reds, who finished 76-86, were good at pitching and defense — but that's really three things, starting pitching, relief pitching and defense — and the Reds bullpen wasn't good.

The Royals, on the other hand, have been good at all three, with the bullpen better than the rotation — something that has more value in the postseason.

The Royals weren't a great offensive team. They averaged 4.02 runs per game, less than the American League average of 4.18 runs per game. They were ninth in the American League in runs per game as well as ninth in on-base percentage and 10th in OPS (on- base plus slugging).

The thing is, and this is a point missed by some, the game isn't won by scoring a lot of runs, it's won by just scoring more than the other team. In the regular season, the Royals were just 22-25 in one- games. In the playoffs, of course, they're 4-0.

The key, of course, is limiting the other team to fewer runs than you're able to score. The Royals had the fourth-best ERA in the American League at 3.51. While their starters were good (5th, 3.60) their relievers were the best in the AL at 3.30.

Let's look at the Reds (and I keep these rankings as NL vs AL because the rules difference make offense a little more prevalent in the AL). The Reds were ninth in the National League with 3.59 ERA, but most of the damage was done against the bullpen. Reds starters were third in the NL with a 3.37 ERA and the relievers were 14th with a 4.11 ERA. The 31 losses on the bullpen were tied for the most in the National League, with the Rockies and one behind the White Sox for the MLB-high. While the Rockies' bullpen had as many Ls as the Reds' bullpen, they had twice as many Ws. Wins and losses as pitching statistics aren't a great way to measure things, but they do show the Reds' receivers weren't real good in 2014. The Reds' bullpen had just 11 wins — the lowest in the majors (and much of that can be blamed on the bad offense, as well — which again, a reason I don't like W-L as a pitching stat), seven fewer than the 29th team in that stat, the Dodgers' 18.

"With all the problems we had with our offense, our bullpen was a huge problem," Jocketty said. "You look at all the games we lost late — we lost at least 10 games late that would have made a difference, we won those games the year before. That's a big concern that we have to fix for next year, as much as the offense."

And then there's defense.

The Royals defense has been outstanding — absolutely outstanding this postseason.

They were pretty darn good all year, too, especially in the outfield.

The best team defensive stat for me is one of the most simple — defensive efficiency. What that means is what percentage of balls put in play (that aren't home runs) are turned into outs. The best team in baseball at turning balls in play into outs? The Reds. The Reds had a .712 defensive efficiency, meaning they turned 71.2 percent of the balls in play into outs. The Royals were 12th at .693.

There's also defensive runs saved — a more "advanced" measure with more ifs and buts — that rated the Reds as having the best at 67 defensive runs saved over the course of the year (and that helped out the pitchers' ERA — both the bullpen and the starters). The Royals were fourth at 40. The Royals were strong in the outfield (1st with 46 DRS, while the Reds were 12th at 10), and the Royals actually were below average on the infield and the Reds were fantastic.

Offense is still important and the byproduct of offense is runs. There's no better way to show that than to note that of the top 10 teams in runs per game, seven of them made the playoffs, including three of the top four (the Angels, Tigers and A's). Only two teams scored less than the MLB average of 4.07 runs per game and made the playoffs — the Royals (4.02) and the Cardinals (3.82). And nobody would say that scoring fewer runs led those to be among the final three teams playing.

The Reds were woefully short on offense this year, scoring just 3.67 runs per game, fewer than any teams other than the Braves (3.54) and the Padres (3.30).

The Reds won't be alone searching for offense — every team can look at itself and think it can do better. Offenses were down all across the game — the .251 batting average in baseball was the lowest since 1972, the year before the designated hitter was established. The 4.07 runs per game by teams was the lowest since 1981 and the 0.87 home runs per game was the fewest since 1992.

In fact, the Royals hit 95 home runs during the regular season, becoming the first team to fail to reach 100 since the 1959 White Sox. But that didn't seem to hurt them too much, because they're still playing — and only the Giants, who sported a 76-86 record in 2013, can say the same thing.

IGLESIAS ON THE MOUND: The Reds will get a good look at Cuban right-hander Raisel Iglesias before spring training, as the 24-year-old will pitch in two Arizona Fall League games this week before going to Puerto Rico to pitch in that league this winter.

The team got their first look at the $27-million pitcher on Thursday when he threw 10 pitches in the instructional league, striking out all three batters he faced.

"He was incredible," Reds general manager Walt Jocketty said. "It was 94, 95 (mph), and threw his curveball, slider and change. He threw strikes. It was really free and easy. He's a fun guy to watch."

Iglesias was in uniform for the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League on Friday and will pitch in games on Monday and Thursday before going to Puerto Rico.

The Reds have said they'll treat Iglesias as a starter, despite the fact he was used mostly as a reliever in Cuba. He could still move back to the bullpen to give the team immediate help.

WINKER OK: If there was any question about Jesse Winker's wrist, it was answered by his first week in the Arizona Fall League. The Reds' top hitting prospect was named the AFL's Player of the Week for the first week.

Winker was 5 for 11 with a homer and seven RBI in the first three games. In five total games through Friday, Winker is hitting .350/.440/.600, with seven hits in 20 at-bats.

The 21-year-old missed most of the last two months of the season with a wrist injury suffered in a car accident, but showed the wrist isn't a problem, homering in his first game of the AFL.

"That's the most encouraging thing for him is that he looks like he's over that wrist injury," Jocketty said.

The AFL runs through mid-November.

Former Reds GM elected into Canadian Baseball HOF John Erardi

Former Reds general manager Murray Cook, who made the trade that brought the team its ace of the 1990 World Champions, Jose Rijo, has been elected to the

Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.

''The Canadian Hall of Fame is not just for Canadians,'' Cook told his alma mater, Ohio University, in a press release. ''It's for anybody who has contributed to Canadian baseball. The fact that I was born and raised there, and consider myself at least half Canadian, it is especially gratifying.''

Cook, who was born in Sackville, New Brunswick, played baseball and basketball at OU, and shortstop and third base in the organization. He went on to become GM of the New York Yankees and , before serving in the same role in in 1988-89. Besides landing Rijo and Tim Birtsas (for ),Cook also acquired seven other players for the World Champs, including (for Kurt Stillwell and Ted Power), , , , Luis Quinones, and Jack Armstrong.

After the Reds' disappointing 1989 season (the distractions of the gambling investigation didn't help), Cook was fired and replaced by Bob Quinn.

In his early years in Pittsburgh's front office, Cook was instrumental in helping OU get its now renowned sports administration program started. Since 1990, he has worked in scouting with the Twins, Marlins, Red Sox and Tigers. He is the Tigers' East Coast regional cross-checker.

''He has the affinity and willingness to give back,'' said Norm O'Reilly, chair of the OU's sports-admin program. ''(Murray) has a great international network.''

Joe Nuxhall Miracle League Fields accept $10K donation David Clark

The Miracle League Fields accepted a $10,000 donation from Character and Courage Foundation on Thursday night at Green Diamond Gallery in Montgomery.

The check was presented before former manager Jim Tracy addressed an audience at Green Diamond.

"The Character and Courage Foundation has been wonderful to us," Joe Nuxhall Miracle League Fields vice chairman Larry Tischler said.

Tischler said the donation is being used to help construct a playground adjacent to the fields. He added that Character and Courage has given some $25,000 to Joe Nuxhall Miracle League Fields in two years.

The Joe Nuxhall Miracle League Fields - dedicated to the idea that "Every kid, with every challenge, should get every chance to play baseball" - originated with Reds Hall of Fame pitcher and announcer Joe Nuxhall.

The Joe Nuxhall Miracle League Fields were built and ready for play in 2012.

The Character and Courage Foundation - Green Diamond Gallery's charitable effort - endeavors to enrich, through baseball, the lives of youth who are physically handicapped, diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses, or living in impoverished areas.

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Wild Card World Series By Mark Sheldon / MLBlogs – Mark My Word

Raise your hand if you predicted a Royals-Giants World Series…

The notion of adding the second Wild Card two years ago was to provide added reward to the teams that won their divisions. This year, two Wild Card entries are in the World Series for the first time under the new postseason format and it’s the first time two Wild Card teams will duel in the Fall Classic since the Angels and Giants in 2002.

Phil Rogers of MLB.com has more on the Wild Card winners reaching the World Series.

Also — neither the Royals (89 wins), nor Giants (88 wins) were 90 game winners in the regular season.

And — the Giants were the SECOND NL Wild Card team. So it is possible for it to be done.

Although they ended the 2013 regular season on a five-game losing streak, if the Reds could have found a way past Pittsburgh last season, perhaps they too could have went on a roll like the Royals or Giants. One never knows.

While every team, including the Reds, should aspire to win their division, this should emphasize how doable it is to reach the playoffs — and beyond — if a team can put together a run.

The World Series begins on Tuesday at Kansas City. For my prediction, I like the Giants in six games.

DAYTON DAILY NEWS

Hamilton plans offseason of hard work By Hal McCoy

UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after watching pro football’s Trail of Tears, which runs between Cincinnati and Cleveland. The two Ohio teams had to set some sort of dubious record when two pro teams from the same state played entire games on the same Sunday without scoring a touchdown.

The Browns find a way every year to break the hearts of their loyal fans. Just when it looks as if they are starting to get it right they not only play a game without scoring a touchdown, they lose to a team that hasn’t won a game all year (Jacksonville 23, Browns 6).

And the Bengals? Their pre-season high hopes are dissipating faster than my pile of chips on my birthday Saturday night at the Hollywood Columbus casino. Not only did they lose, not only did they get shut out, they didn’t even cross midfield until 11 ½ minutes remained in the game (Indianapolis 27, Cincinnati 0).

How long until spring training? OK, too long. But let’s talk baseball and Billy Hamilton.

IN THE CLASSIC BASEBALL movie Major League, there is a character played by Wesley Snipes named Willie Mays Hayes, whose personal mantra is, “I hit like (Willie) Mays and I run like (Bob) Hayes).”

Hayes is the movie version of rookie center fielder Billy Hamilton. They even vaguely look alike and certainly are built alike.

Hayes, though, can’t use his speed because he pops up all the time. So his manager tells him, “Every time you hit the ball in the air you owe me 20 (push-ups).”

FOR MOST OF THE season, Billy Hamilton suffered the same malady — too many balls hit in the air. And he knows it and says, “I know there are no hits for me up in the air. My hits are on the ground.”

Manager Bryan Price was asked if he considered the Willie Mays Hayes approach, maybe for spring training, “Drop down and give me 20.” He laughed and said, “Thanks for putting that idea in my head.”

One thing about the 23-year-old pencil-thin Hamilton, 6-foot-0 and 160 pounds (if you put a brick in his back pocket), he makes no excuses, realizes whatever shortcoming he has and works to address them.

He hit only .200 for the second half of the season with only 18 stolen bases after he stole 38 in the first half. And there is fear his unproductive second half could cost him Rookie of the Year after it appeared he had it bagged and sealed in the first half.

With that frail body he had to be tired, right?

“Nah, no, not at all,” he said. “I won’t make excuses, I won’t take that road. I couldn’t play defense the way I have if I’m tired, you know?”

And he is ready with an explanation about his plummeted batting average.

“The last month I thought too much, the whole month I was switching up things too much,” he said. “I changed a whole bunch of stuff from game to game and they didn’t work. And I learned from that.

“I know that I can’t do that,” he said. “When I’m going bad for a short while I can’t change everything. I tried different batting stances, different bats. If I didn’t get a couple of hits for a few games, I changed things up. I won’t do that in the future. It had nothing to do with being tired, no excuses there.”

WITH HIS USAIN BOLT speed, Hamilton knows that he not only needs to hit the ball on the ground but he also has to utilize the bunt more, become efficient at bunting. He tried last season, but was not successful at a high rate.

Hamilton’s season ended without a postseason, but not his days of working toward improvement.

“I’m going to work on everything,” he said. “Bunting. I’m going to bunt a lot. Work on my hitting. It’s my first off-season where I can really do some stuff.

“And I have to keep the ball out of the air, work on making contact to put it on the ground,” he said. “There are some hits for me on the ground. I have to hit down on the ball to give me a better chance of getting on base.”

HAMILTON SAID IT is difficult to work on things when you are playing every day during the long, long season. You can practice, but you can’t spend hours working on specific pieces of your game.

Hamilton has always played winter ball or played in the Arizona Fall League after the regular season, “And if you’re playing you can’t work on things. I’m not playing this winter, the first time since I was drafted, so it will be the first time I’ve had a chance to really work on my game. It should be good.”

Hamilton said he had a conversation with Joey Votto late in the season about Hamilton’s first year in the big leagues, which could end with the National League Rookie of the Year trophy in his den.

“It was fun,” he said. “It was exactly what I expected and a bit more, to be honest. The only thing better would be to be playing in the playoffs. I saw how that wild card game was last year (a loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates) and I’m thinking, ‘Man, I want it to be like this every year.’ I learned a lot. I did some good things and I did a lot of bad things. But I’m learning and I’ll work in the off- season to get better.”

PRICE SAID THE TEAM Is shoveling information at Hamilton and letting him absorb it.

“We have to hope he covets that information,” said Price. “I want him to stay hungry and he was this year. We want him to continue to learn how to use his skill set.

“He has to keep the ball out of the air, not with any intention but he has to find a way to make the adjustments,” Price added. “His knowledge of the strike zone got better from the first of the year when he was chasing too much.

“He needs to work on his decision-making on where to go with his throws in the outfield,” said Price. “But he is only two years into the outfield (after switching from shortstop), so that I going to come with experience and coaching.

“And he’ll evolve with his base-stealing decisions when it comes down to match-ups against certain pitchers and catchers and the timing of when to run. He can create havoc on the bases without stealing bases.

“There is more information out there that we could have given him, but we didn’t want to overload him this year,” said Price.

WHILE HAMILTON STOE 56 base, he also was thrown out 23 times, mostly on bad jumps and misreads.

“We’re just going to help him find edges,” said Price. “His defense has been impeccable and offensively he is only going to become more competitive.”

Maybe next season, if Price doesn’t want Hamilton to drop down and give him 20 on balls hit in the air, they can find a bat Hamilton likes and hide the rest and show him his best batting stance on video and don’t let him change.

“Live and learn,” said Hamilton.

MYCENTRALJERSEY.COM

Todd Frazier returns to Toms River for USABL & Frazier Baseball Tournament Chris Rotolo

TOMS RIVER – Sunday's edition of the USABL & Frazier Baseball Halloween Havoc Tournament carried with it a special homecoming, as Cincinnati Reds All-Star third baseman and Toms River East Little League alumnus returned to his old stomping grounds.

Throughout the morning and afternoon, Frazier made his rounds to the tournament's various sites – including North and South Wall Little Leagues, Holbrook Little League, and Ocean Township Little League – but none more special than the Toms River East complex on Windsor Avenue, and the diamonds where this burgeoning 28-year-old Major League Baseball star first got his start, and grew to love the game.

"Coming here today brings back lots of memories I have of playing on every one of these fields, and winning a few championships on them too" said Frazier, while leaning against the Championship Grill & Nibble Nook snack-bar, a structure he recalled pelting with long balls on several occasions as a little leaguer. "It's funny because I can't remember the exact days of certain home runs on these fields, but I can still see the pitches I hit."

"It's awesome to be back here and to see that the fields and complex are still in great shape and the community is striving to make it even better. And hopefully there's another Todd Frazier out here today, learning and enjoying the game."

Frazier signed autographs, posed for photographs, and what's more, appeared to make a personalized connection with each young ballplayer that approached him, and he did so until the mass of starry-eyed athletes dissipated.

Frazier's conscientious effort to leave a lasting impression was one inspired by a missed opportunity he had as a child with former luminary Nomar Garciappara, but it speaks more to the responsibility he feels to a community that provided him so much.

"As a professional athlete I think it's your duty to play a role in the community you come from," Frazier affirmed. "I understand that we have a job to do, but there's also a job to do at home, and that's helping these youngsters out."

"This Little League is something that's near and dear to my heart. The Toms River community is a close-knit one where everybody plays baseball and if I can help out in some small way by showing up somewhere and giving a few kids a few tips, I think that's a necessity."

Frazier's philanthropic attitude toward his community is one he credits to former New York Yankees shortstop , and hopes he can be viewed as a similar role model for young players on the Jersey Shore.

"Jeter is absolutely a role model to me with everything he's done on and off the field. He worked his tail off, he's a leader, and those are character traits I like to embody. Knowing Derek now as a friend, he's a great guy who loves the game of baseball, and someone who did it the right way … If I can be viewed as that sort (of) role model, I'd love the opportunity, because it would mean I'm doing something right, and helping to teach these kids how to carry themselves and grow to be upstanding gentlemen on and off the field."

What made Frazier's tour of the different USABL & Frazier Baseball tournament sites exceedingly special was that he was able to share the day with his brothers – and heads of Frazier Baseball – Charlie and Jeff Frazier.

"Being here with them certainly makes this day sweeter. I know how hard they've worked and my family has worked in this game of baseball, and they feel the same way about this organization. They express their passion for baseball by helping these little students of the game, and that's why we do these tournaments and events … They work tireless hours, a lot more than me, with lots of others in the background to get these events together, and I look forward to doing more with them."

Todd Frazier – who was drafted 34th overall in 2007 out of Rutgers University – will return to Cincinnati in 2015 for his fourth year of service with the Reds after an All-Star season a year ago in which he batted .273 with a team-leading 29 home runs, 88 runs scored, and 80 RBI.

TRANSACTIONS

10/17/14 St. Louis Cardinals activated 2B Mark Ellis. St. Louis Cardinals activated SS Aledmys Diaz. sent Andres Blanco outright to Lehigh Valley IronPigs. RHP Trevor Bell elected free agency. St. Louis Cardinals activated RHP Sam Tuivailala. St. Louis Cardinals activated LHP Kevin Siegrist. St. Louis Cardinals activated 1B Xavier Scruggs. St. Louis Cardinals activated RHP Jorge Rondon. St. Louis Cardinals activated LF Tommy Pham. St. Louis Cardinals activated RHP Jason Motte. St. Louis Cardinals activated RHP Justin Masterson. St. Louis Cardinals activated LHP Tyler Lyons. St. Louis Cardinals activated LHP Nick Greenwood. St. Louis Cardinals activated 2B Greg Garcia. St. Louis Cardinals activated LHP Sam Freeman. St. Louis Cardinals activated RHP Eric Fornataro. activated LHP Tim Berry. St. Louis Cardinals activated RHP Keith Butler. Baltimore Orioles activated RHP Ryan Webb. Baltimore Orioles activated 1B Christian Walker. Baltimore Orioles activated DH Henry Urrutia. Baltimore Orioles activated LHP Joe Saunders. Baltimore Orioles activated C Mike Ohlman. Baltimore Orioles activated RHP Evan Meek. Baltimore Orioles activated LHP T.J. McFarland. Baltimore Orioles activated 2B Steve Lombardozzi. Baltimore Orioles activated RHP Steve Johnson. Baltimore Orioles activated RHP Ubaldo Jimenez. Baltimore Orioles activated C Steve Clevenger. Baltimore Orioles activated 2B Alexi Casilla. Baltimore Orioles activated RHP Dylan Bundy. Baltimore Orioles activated LF Quintin Berry.