To truly figure how much promise Dylan Bundy packed into his first outing of the season Wednesday, start at the end.
Bundy, who last year as a starter often began games spectacularly only to fizzle as it wore on, looked like a young man transformed in his 2017 debut against the Toronto Blue Jays, which the Orioles won 3-1.
Armed with a slider he prohibited himself from throwing last year and the confidence of having his best pitch back, Bundy struck out eight Blue Jays in seven innings of four-hit, one-run ball.
With the new breaking pitch complementing the fastball-curveball-changeup arsenal that made his rookie season successful, Bundy showed the makings of something special Wednesday.