Canadian Zastryzny signs with Orioles

Left-hander Rob Zastryzny (Edmonton, Alta.) has signed a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles. Photo: Wikipedia

November 26, 2019

By Kevin Glew

Canadian Baseball Network

Canadian left-hander Rob Zastryzny (Edmonton, Alta.) has signed a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles.

The Orioles announced the deal earlier today. The Canuck southpaw is one of 12 players the Orioles signed to minor league agreements on Tuesday (For a complete list, follow this link).

A second round pick of the Chicago Cubs in 2013, Zastryzny split 2019 between the Los Angeles Dodgers’ double-A and triple-A affiliates, posting a combined 5.58 ERA in 23 appearances - including 19 starts.

Prior to that, the 27-year-old southpaw recorded a 4.41 ERA in 18 relief appearances in parts of three seasons with the Cubs from 2016 to 2018, earning a World Series ring with the club in 2016. Orioles manager Brandon Hyde was previously the Cubs’ bench coach so he is familiar with Zastryzny.

In all in parts of seven minor league campaigns, the Canadian southpaw has registered a 4.78 ERA in 146 appearances.

He also toed the rubber for Canada at the WSBC Premier12 tournament in early November.

Zastryzny was born in Edmonton, Alta., but he attended Calallen High School in Corpus Christi, Tex. and later pitched at the University of Missouri Columbia.