Regular closers are a luxury the Orioles apparently can’t afford at this point in their rebuild. Which is fine. It’s understandable.
In fact, it’s been that way since Brandon Hyde took on the skipper mantle in 2019, and in his third year as Oriole manager, that doesn’t seem likely to change.
And a handful of names were discussed this spring as potential closer committee members. Those names included Hunter Harvey, Tanner Scott, Shawn Armstrong, and Cesar Valdez. Unfortunately, an injury knocked Harvey out of the equation, and it looks like it’ll be a while before he returns.