Akin (COVID-19 injured list) will throw a side session Wednesday after he cleared the league's health and safety protocols, Nathan Ruiz of The Baltimore Sun reports.
Akin spent a week on the COVID-19 IL and is now eligible to rejoin the Orioles, but they'll bring him along slowly since he wasn't able to do much recently. The young lefty posted an 8.19 ERA and 1.80 WHIP across his 13 appearances (eight starts) on the season, so he won't be a lock to reclaim a spot in Baltimore's rotation once reinstated from IL.