In baseball’s most beleaguered bullpen, there may be no bewildering case than that of Mychal Givens.
Unknown names form almost the entirety of the Orioles’ roster, but Givens isn’t one of them. The hard-throwing right-hander has been a dynamic option out of the bullpen in recent seasons, and was at one point a key component of arguably baseball’s best bullpen along with Zack Britton, Brad Brach and Darren O’Day. His mix of sizzling fastballs and knee-buckling sliders mowed down hitters, and with a 3.12 career ERA and 10.