Orioles option Carroll and announce Rogers as Tuesday starter

The Orioles have optioned reliever Cody Carroll to Triple-A Norfolk and announced that left-hander Josh Rogers, as reported earlier today, will make his major league debut by starting Tuesday night against the Blue Jays.

Rogers arrived in Baltimore tonight and will be the first left-hander to start for the club this season.

The roster moves are a swap of players obtained from the Yankees for closer Zach Britton.

Carroll has allowed seven runs and eight hits with nine walks and six strikeouts in nine innings with the Orioles. Rogers, meanwhile, has made five starts with Norfolk and gone 2-1 with a 2.08 ERA and 1.09 WHIP over 30 1/3 innings.

Rogers, 24, has allowed seven earned runs (nine total) and 26 hits with seven walks and 18 strikeouts.

"I don't want to say something and all of a sudden it doesn't happen tomorrow, (because) this is the biggest jump in sport. The level of hitters you face and the level of pitchers you face. But his pitchability, that's a common theme," manager Buck Showalter said when asked about Rogers.

"He's got three or four pitches and he's got a feel for pitching. We'll see if we can knock the - I call it 'anxiety' - off. It's not rust. Once you get through that ...

"I remember watching some amateur tape of him at Louisville. He's an Indiana kid who's got a feel for pitching. There's a couple of the guys I thought we traded (for), it's a big adjustment for them. They're going to a new team, they were comfortable.

"Say a guy like (Yusniel) Díaz was sitting there, teammates he knew for two years and all of a sudden, boom, he's in Bowie. So there's a period there that you've got to give them some leeway. It's going to be tough for them. But this guy seems to have taken it and said 'OK, I see the rotation in New York and I've got an opportunity.'

"Louisville has turned out some real good pitchers. We're hoping he's is one of them."

The Orioles are going back-to-back with rookies. David Hess shut out the Blue Jays tonight over six innings in a 7-0 victory that snapped the club's losing streak at eight games.

"David was good, huh?" Showalter asked.

He's been outstanding in all three starts against the Blue Jays this season, holding them to two runs in 19 innings.

Hess stranded two runners in scoring position tonight in the sixth inning and ended his night at 99 pitches to tie his career high. He allowed four hits.

"I thought sixth inning was a little bit of a challenge for him, last out," Showalter said. "He was getting ready to have a solid, good outing or his last hitter. I like to see that. He wasn't overthrowing. He was trusting location a lot. Some good pitches, didn't let them block out a pitch knowing that he couldn't command it. They had to honor all of his pitches."

Hess has pulled himself out of his slump and registered three quality starts in a row.

"I think he's staying in his delivery," Showalter said. "Roger (McDowell) and them have worked very hard on just, more's not always better. Don't try to throw your way out of it. Pitch your way out of it. Understand that hitters up here want to swing, especially as the situation becomes more and more of a return for them. The people out there. And if you can use that aggressiveness against them.

"The one thing that's always, since the day I met him when he was drafted, in my office, he's got a good constitution. He does. It's a tough night to pitch physically tonight. It's sticky, especially when the body's used to some good weather here lately. And all of a sudden you get thrown out there and there's, I don't know, it's a Monday night, it's sticky. You've got to really challenge yourself to go out there and compete because the next thing you know, you can ...

"But he's one of those guys that understands the opportunity that he's getting and he's not going to want to miss a chance to impress."

Said Hess: "I think it's really staying pitch to pitch and staying in the moment, evaluating what you need in each situation. I think talking with Roger and talking to the veteran guys like (Alex) Cobb and (Andrew) Cashner, kind of picking their brains to kind of see what they've done in their careers to get to where they're at. I think that's been a big help, learning to slow the game down a little bit and make each pitch a quality pitch rather than trying to force the situation."

Trey Mancini has homered on consecutive nights to raise his total to 19, and his five RBIs tonight tied his career high. He's batting .292 (40-for-137) with seven home runs in 35 games since the All-Star break.

"Trey's got a chance to lead our club in RBIs," Showalter said after Mancini increased his total to 46. "The level of consistency he had last year, there's another guy with a great constitution. A couple of at-bats, it looks like Trey's going to have a tough night there, and next thing you know he's instrumental.

"I know the three-run homer was big and everything, but the ability to give us that cushion, that's something we've done in the past that we haven't been good at this year is expand on the lead and make the game a little less anxiety to it."

Kendrys Morales has to settle for homering in seven straight games, one short of the major league record. He was 0-for-2 with a walk against Hess and struck out against Paul Fry.

"It was a hot hitter in their lineup (and) you knew you were going to have to make some good pitches," Showalter said. "He's in a really good spot, the ball's looking real big for him now. It's one thing, 'Hey, don't let him hurt you, he's hot.' That falls underneath the no you-know-what, Capital Obvious. But you still have to figure out a way to attack him and try minimize the damage. His contact-to-damage ratio has been off the charts."