Baltimore Orioles All-Star closer Felix Bautista underwent two procedures on his pitching elbow Friday, but the club said it won't hinder his projected 2025 return from Tommy John surgery.
Through his first two seasons, he has made 121 appearances with a tiny 1.85 earned runs allowed per nine innings. His 10 percent walk rate is a tad high but he’s paired that with a massive 40.4 percent strikeout rate, racking up 48 saves in the process.
While highly unlikely, Baltimore Orioles' All-Star closer Felix Bautista says he'd love to make it back by the end of the regular season in 2024. He underwent Tommy John surgery at the end of 2023, missing the entire O's playoff run.
The Baltimore Orioles are expected to be without their star closer Felix Bautista for the entire 2024 season. But if it were up to Bautista, he would be pitching for the Orioles sooner rather than later.
Right-handers Felix Bautista and Devin Williams were named the winners of the Reliever of the Year awards in the American and National leagues, respectively, Major League Baseball announced Wednesday night.
Despite missing the last five weeks of the season, Felix Bautista was the unanimous choice as the American League Reliever of the Year. Bautista, who injured his right elbow on August 25th and underwent Tommy John surgery last month was 8-2 with a 1.48 ERA and 33 saves.
The Orioles announced Monday afternoon that closer Felix Bautista underwent successful Tommy John surgery, with Dr. Keith Meister performing the procedure.
The primary reason for that is a simple one: the starting group in Baltimore improved significantly over the course of the season.
Baltimore Orioles All-Star reliever Felix Bautista will undergo Tommy John surgery in October and is expected to miss the entire 2024 season. The 28-year-old right-hander partially tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow during a game against the Colorado Rockies on Aug.
The Orioles have locked up an AL East title and a 100-win season, but they confirmed Saturday that they will be missing a major piece in the playoffs.
He won’t pitch during the 2024 campaign, and is expected back in time for spring training 2025.
The Baltimore Orioles enter play on Tuesday night with the best record in the American League and 2.5 games up in the race for the American League East crown.
The Baltimore Orioles gave an excellent injury report on Friday regarding star closer Felix Bautista, who has been out with a UCL injury. Per Roch Kubatko, who covers the O's for MASN, on social media: Brandon Hyde said Ryan Mountcastle’s shoulder is “a lot better.” Will be taking some swings.
Orioles closer Félix Bautista has been out since Aug. 26 after suffering an injury to the UCL in his throwing elbow. The O’s haven’t provided many specifics on the situation, but Bautista has continued to throw while on the injured list.
Baltimore Orioles closer Felix Bautista has a partial tear to his UCL, but general manager Mike Elias said Monday that the All-Star right-hander is throwing and may return for the postseason.
The Baltimore Orioles are waiting nervously for word on the severity of the injury to ace closer Felix Bautista. Bautista went on the injured list on Saturday
The American League-best Baltimore Orioles suffered a potentially major setback on Saturday. Star reliever Felix Bautista, who has burst on the scene this year as the AL’s top closer, was placed on the 15-day IL with a UCL injury.
The Baltimore Orioles placed All-Star closer Felix Bautista on the 15-day injured list Saturday with what the team is calling "some degree of UCL injury." Orioles general manager Mike Elias said they don't yet know if Bautista will require Tommy John surgery.
While a prognosis is not yet known and no timetable regarding Bautista’s injury has been announced, it seems at least possible that the news brings an end to a season that has been nothing short of sensational for the 28-year-old righty.
Felix Bautista left Friday’s 5-4 Orioles win over the Rockies with an apparent injury. The star closer had recorded the first two outs of a save situation, but after throwing the fourth pitch of an at-bat against Michael Toglia, Bautista looked to be somewhat shaken up on the mound. Bautista then departed the game with a team trainer, and Danny Coulombe took over to record the final out.
The city of Baltimore is holding its collective breath right now over the status of their best reliever.
The Baltimore Orioles made a poor decision on social media this week when they put out a graphic referring to closer Felix Bautista as "King Felix." Bautista won the American League Reliever of the Month, which prompted the graphic's existence.
O’Hearn provided a spark with a game-tying 8th inning HR and Bautista dominated the 9th and 10th innings to close out the O’s extra-inning victory. Some teams have Felix Bautista at the back end of their bullpen and some teams simply do not.
Orioles general manager Mike Elias met with the media as pitchers and catchers report to the team’s spring training facility in Sarasota, Fla., and the GM provided a handful of less-than-ideal updates regarding his pitching staff.
Led by Gunnar Henderson, 2023’s rookies have everything it takes to outshine the rookie performances of Adley Rutschman, Felix Bautista and the rest of the 2022 class.
After an impressive rookie season, The Mountain still has room to grow if he wants to rise to the heights of other elite closers. The ascension of Felix “The Mountain” Bautista during the 2022 season was one of the most enjoyable stories in Orioles’ baseball last year.
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