PHOENIX - Orioles manager Brandon Hyde is still not ready to pass on what the next steps will be for injured closer Félix Bautista. Bautista, who has a 1.48 ERA with 33 saves, made the 2023 All-Star team, but went on the 15-day injured list Aug. 26 with a right UCL injury. The next steps – and what they will look like – may not be completely formulated yet.
Hyde was asked today if it’s possible Bautista can pitch again this season.
“Well, we are waiting for the inflammation to go down honestly, before we kind of reassess and do anything else. We are letting the inflammation die down and then we are going to make some decisions after that," the manager said.
As to when that inflammation will lessen is not a question Hyde can answer right now.
“That would be a medical question," he said. "Not really sure, it’s been a while now. Think we are waiting a few more days.”