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Orioles' Chen sent to minors, he and Scott Boras react

Published Jun. 16, 2015 11:23 p.m. ET

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In a move that Scott Boras calls "grossly irregular," the Baltimore Orioles sent righty Wei-Yin Chen to the minors after tossing eight shutout innings on June 15.

Chen, who owns a 2.89 ERA through 13 starts this season, took to Twitter to react to the demotion:

His agent, Boras, sounded off to the Baltimore Sun:

“This is a16-game winner who on (Monday) threw eight scoreless innings and has a sub-3 ERA. To disrupt a season like this for a pitcher of Chen’s status and to disrupt his routine, which is so important for a starting pitcher, is grossly irregular. I’ve never seen anything like this in the sport of baseball in my 30 years of doing this.”

The demotion will be short-lived, however, as the move was to get Chen some extra rest.

(h/t Baltimore Sun)

Image credit: Jamie Squire/Getty Images

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