All spring, the Orioles and every other major league team spent a great deal of energy trying to ensure they’d have enough pitching to survive what will be a long season, especially coming off just 60 games in 2020.
The first few weeks of the 2021 season, however, has been quite manageable on that front for the Orioles.
A chilly rainout on what would have been the Orioles’ Opening Day against the Boston Red Sox took away an early day off in their schedule. Since, a pair of rainouts forced two doubleheaders when the Seattle Mariners were in town, so the Orioles have had five days off in three weeks since the season began.