masn-baseballs-orioles.jpgThe Orioles today announced that they have acquired right-hander Odrisamer Despaigne (pronounced oh-DREE-sah-mer deh-SPAWN-yay) from the San Diego Padres in exchange for minor league right-hander Jean Cosme. To make room on the 40-man roster, left-hander C.J. Riefenhauser has been designated for assignment.
Despaigne, 28, went 5-9 with a 5.80 ERA (81 earned runs in 125.2 innings pitched) over 34 games (18 starts) with the Padres last season. In 50 career major league games (34 starts), he is…

The Orioles today announced that they have acquired right-hander Odrisamer Despaigne (pronounced oh-DREE-sah-mer deh-SPAWN-yay) from the San Diego Padres in exchange for minor league right-hander Jean Cosme. To make room on the 40-man roster, left-hander C.J. Riefenhauser has been designated for assignment.

Despaigne, 28, went 5-9 with a 5.80 ERA (81 earned runs in 125.2 innings pitched) over 34 games (18 starts) with the Padres last season. In 50 career major league games (34 starts), he is 9-16 with a 4.74 ERA (117 earned runs in 222.0 innings pitched) and 134 strikeouts. Despaigne was originally signed by San Diego as a non-drafted free agent on May 2, 2014 after playing eight professional seasons in Cuba.

Cosme, 19, went 3-5 with a 4.74 ERA (30 earned runs in 57.0 innings pitched) in 12 starts with Class-A Aberdeen in 2015.

Riefenhauser, 26, was acquired by the Orioles on December 2, 2015 in a trade with the Seattle Mariners. He went 1-0 with a 5.52 ERA (nine earned runs in 14.2 innings pitched) in 17 games with the Tampa Bay Rays last season.