The Orioles announced that they have placed catcher on the 10-day injured list due to a lower back strain. Fellow backstop has been selected to take his place on the roster. To open a 40-man spot for Stallings, infielder has been designated for a signment. Outfielder has been recalled to take Riveras active roster spot. The Os also announced that right-hander , who was recently designated for a signment, has rejected an outright a signment and elected free agency. Baltimore has been hit with a barrage of catcher injuries in recent weeks. went to the injured list with an oblique strain in the middle of June. A few days later, landed on the concu sion-related IL. Those injuries got Tromp to the big leagues but now he himself has landed on the shelf. At the same time Tromp was getting called up, the Os signed Stallings for some experienced catching depth. The 35-year-old had just been Seth Halvorsen Jersey released by the Rockies after getting out to an awful start this year, hitting .143/.217/.179. But he has a solid reputation for his glovework and veteran leadership behind the plate. His offense was also better as recently as last year, when he slashed .263/.357/.453. His solid performance in 2024 prompted the Rockies to re-sign him to a one-year deal with a $2.5MM guarantee. But now that theyve released him, they are on the hook for the majority of that money. The Os will only have to pay him the prorated version of the league minimum salary for any time he spends on the roster. He should serve as backup to , at least until Rutschman or the other backstops are able to come off the IL. Rivera, 29, was just added to the roster a few days ago. That move was seemingly prompted by dealing with a finger injury. Westburg has mi sed the past three games and is out of the lineup again today, but presumably the finger has healed up enough that he could be back in there soon, which has allowed them to sacrifice some infield depth in order to addre s their catching situation. This is the third time Rivera has been designated for a signment by the Orioles. In each case, he has gone unclaimed on waivers and accepted an outright a signment. He has between three and five years of service time, meaning he has the right to elect free agency when outrighted but has to forfeit his remaining salary in order to exercise that right. He is making $1MM this year, making it understandable that he keeps accepting. Its po sible the same sequence of events plays out in the coming days. Tyler, 28, never pitched for the Orioles at the big league level. He was claimed off waivers from the Phillies a couple of weeks ago but kept on optional a signment. Since he has been previously outrighted in his career, he has the right to elect free agency and has done so. His major league experience consists of 48 innings thrown acro s three separate seasons with a 4.31 earned run average, 15.9% strikeout rate, 12% walk rate and 48.3% ground ball rate. From 2021 to 2025, he to sed 397 minor league innings with a 4.65 ERA, 22.3% strikeout rate, 9.3% walk rate and grounders on almost half the balls in play he allowed. Photo courtesy of Robert Edwards, Imagn Images Drew Romo Jersey