As the Orioles’ desperate search for starting pitching takes them into the trade market and their own bullpen, outings like Friday’s relief appearance by Odrisamer Despaigne are sure to lend some credibility to the idea that he could get a shot in the rotation before long.
Despaigne relieved Dylan Bundy, whose own foray into starting pitching was accelerated out of sheer need, and pitched 3 2/3 scoreless innings on 63 pitches, only ceding the last out of the ninth inning to Zach Britton for the save after a two-out walk put a pair of Cleveland Indians on.