Cody Poteet was activated from the 60-day injured list and outrighted to Triple-A Norfolk after clearing waivers. He made one appearance for the Orioles this year, allowing five runs on six hits in 2 2/3 innings with two walks and one strikeout. A fourth-round pick by the Marlins in 2015, he debuted in 2021 and posted a 4.45 ERA and 5.15 FIP across 58 2/3 big-league innings. A UCL injury limited him in 2022 and led to Tommy John surgery. He signed minor-league deals, posted a 2.22 ERA in 2024 with the Yankees, and was traded to the Cubs in December. He did not make the Cubs roster out of camp and was DFA'd to make room for Brad Keller.
The Orioles announced this afternoon that right-hander Cody Poteet has been activated from the 60-day injured list and outrighted to Triple-A Norfolk. The club had not previously announced that Poteet was placed on waivers, but he evidently cleared and now will head to the minor leagues if he accepts the assignment. Poteet, 31, made just one appearance for the Orioles this year where he surrendered five runs on six hits in 2 2/3 innings of work while walking two and striking out just one.
A fourth-round pick by the Marlins all the way back in 2015, Poteet did not make his big league debut until 2021. He spent two years in Miami as an up-and-down swing man, with a 4.45 ERA and 5.15 FIP in 58 2/3 innings of work. That roughly league-average work (with below average peripherals) on the mound, but a UCL injury limited him in 2022. He signed with the Royals on a minor league deal while rehabbing from Tommy John surgery but returned to free agency following the 2023 season having made just one appearance for Triple-A Omaha that year.
Poteet signed a big league deal with the Yankees prior to the 2024 season, and it was in the Bronx where the right-hander posted the best numbers of his career. Poteet made only five appearances (four starts) for New York last year, but in those 24 1/3 frames he posted a sensational 2.22 ERA. The right-hander's peripherals (including a 16.7% strikeout rate and a 4.03 FIP) weren't quite as impressive as those raw results, but he still demonstrated the ability to be a valuable depth starter and swing man for the Yankees. He was tendered a contract for the 2025 campaign by the Yankees and stuck around on the club's 40-man roster but was traded to the Cubs back in December as the return for Cody Bellinger.
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