The Orioles look tired. Sigh. It’s been a long season. Over the last 30 days, the bullpen has an ERA of 4.83, seventeenth in the game. Arms are down (Tyler Wells), others are gone (Jorge López), others are flagging (Keegan Akin, Joey Krehbiel), and others (Jake Reed, Yennier Cano) may not be very good at all (note I said maybe).
One reliever not wilting down the stretch is one whom, for much of the season, not many in Birdland liked: Bryan Baker. The lanky righty won’t win Most Valuable Oriole honors this year, but he’d certainly be in the running for “Most Random Oriole to Now Be a Solid Bullpen Contributor,” if that were a thing.