After 19 months, Orioles’ Félix Bautista returns: ‘Everybody was pumped’

After 19 months, Orioles’ Félix Bautista returns: ‘Everybody was pumped’

TORONTO — For two days, Félix Bautista sat anxiously in his folding chair out in the visitor’s bullpen at the Rogers Centre. The closer had already waited 19 months to return to the Orioles’ active roster, spending the greater part of the past two years recovering from Tommy John elbow surgery. But the first two games of the season were blowouts in either direction, leaving Bautista in his seat while the bullpen phone continued to ring with orde…

Orioles closer Félix Bautista makes first appearance since Tommy John surgery

TORONTO — For two days and eight innings, Félix Bautista sat in the bullpen and waited to hear his name called.

By Raúl Germán Bautista – Dominican gatekeeper Félix Bautista, known as ‘La Montaña de Manoguayabo’, made his expected return to action with the Baltimore Orioles, after Tommy John surgery that left him off the playing field since August 25, 2023. In his first game after the operation, in the victory of his team 9-5 over Toronto, Bautista dazzled everyone with his triumphal return to strike out the three batters he faced, although he allowed a h…

Bautista returns for scoreless inning in Orioles' 9-5 win over Blue Jays; Westburg homers twice

TORONTO- What happened? After two lopsided games, the Orioles led by four runs heading into the ninth, and manager Brandon Hyde called on Félix Bautista to pitch against a tough Toronto Blue Jays lineup. In his first major league game since August 25th, 2023, Bautista struck out three batters, including Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the …