BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles have declined to make a contract offer to right-hander Matt Albers, allowing the reliever to become a free agent.
Albers went 5-3 with a 4.52 ERA in 62 appearances with Baltimore last season. He was third in the AL with 75 2-3 innings of relief.
Albers allowed no more than one earned run in all but 10 of his appearances and had a 0.68 ERA during a 12-game stretch from Aug. 7 to Sept. 7.
Obtained in the December 2007 trade that sent Miguel Tejada to the Houston Astros, the 27-year-old Albers was 11-12 in 146 games over three seasons with Baltimore.
