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By Jackson Roberts
Contributing Sports Writer
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Thursday was a huge day for player movement across Major League Baseball, and for some players, that signaled the door closing on their stints with their current teams.
Left-handed pitcher Josh Walker was one of those players, as after he got designated for assignment by two other teams during the regular season, he finished the year with the Baltimore Orioles. Not only did he never get into a major league game for the Orioles, but there's now a strong chance he never will.
On Thursday, Walker was designated for assignment by Baltimore, according to the official MLB transactions log. He'll head to waivers, and if he clears, he'll be eligible to elect minor-league free agency rather than accepting an outright assignment to Triple-A Norfolk.
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Walker's 1 1/2-month stint in the Orioles organization resulted in only six appearances for Norfolk, during which he allowed two earned runs and struck out seven batters across 6 2/3 innings.
A former New York Mets 37th-round pick, Walker has done well to spend as much time as he has on major league rosters. He had 24 appearances for the Mets from 2023 through last year, then appeared in just three games for the American League champion Toronto Blue Jays this year.
This was Walker's fifth time being DFA'd in the last 15 months. After the Mets did it last August, he was subsequently let go by the Pittsburgh Pirates, Blue Jays, and Philadelphia Phillies.
Now, the 30-year-old lefty will hope some other team out there sees him as more of a roster hopeful than the Orioles evidently did.
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