In the four years going on five since the Orioles started their downturn, relief pitching has been among their more agonizing and irritating deficiencies.
How often have you seen it where the O’s, searching for a rare victory and seemingly finding it, nevertheless find a way to hand the game back over in the closing innings? Over the course of these seasons of triple-figure losses, it’s been the reason for a lot of them.
And it might still be this season. But it hasn’t been yet.
Nine games into the season, the Orioles are nothing special at 3-6, but while you can point the finger at different areas of the roster and operation - .