Breyvic Valera has made just six starts with the Orioles, and he entered Thursday’s start against the Oakland A’s just 4-for-17 with the big league club, but it’s contributions like the ones he made in the Orioles’ 5-3 win over the contending Athletics that will draw notice as he attempts to carve his own niche on the team’s roster of the future.
Valera recorded an RBI single in the fourth inning of Thursday’s game, but it was the diving catch he made in shallow right field in the ninth inning that truly helped preserve the Orioles’ victory.