The Orioles are looking to bolster their left-handed options
in the bullpen this week, and they are inching closer to signing former Brewers starter Randy Wolf. The thirty-six year old Wolf was released by Milwaukee last
week after going just three-and-ten with the team in 2012.
Wolf's thirteen poor performances this season came just
months after going thirteen-and-ten with a 3.69 ERA in 2011. He also tallied
the sixth most shutouts of any pitcher that year, and won his first postseason
match-up. Those numbers wouldn't stay with Wolf as he entered this season,
giving up a 5.69 ERA before his tenure with the team ended.
Still, Baltimore manager Buck Showalter said that he sees
promise in the aging lefty, especially as a closer. Wolf won just a single
start in his last nineteen, and Showalter hinted to the possibility that Wolf
will join the teams only other left-hander in the bullpen, also a former
starter, Brian Matusz. Wolf has a ten million dollar guarantee to soften the blow of being sent somewhere, and the Orioles are in the playoff hunt.
