Orioles' Carter Baumler: Cleared for instructional ball

Baumler (elbow) reported to Sarasota, Fla. on Monday to participate in the Orioles' fall instructional league camp, Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com reports.

The Orioles will likely be careful with Baumler's usage in instructional ball, but his inclusion for the fall camp suggests he's just about fully recovered from the Tommy John procedure he underwent last October. The 2020 fifth-round pick is still looking to make his professional debut, after the 2020 minor-league campaign was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic before he sustained the elbow injury last fall.