How long can you put up with bad performance from a reliever who’s been good in the past but just not getting it done right now? Through Cionel Pérez, the Orioles gave an answer this year. For the right guy, they’ll have a whole lot of patience. A near-disastrous April and May was followed by some better results in every area other than ERA in June and July. Only after this did Pérez put together a couple of months where he showed why he was on the team.
Through the end of May, Pérez pitched in 24 games and had allowed 11 earned runs over a stretch of 20.