In discussing the Orioles’ trade deadline decisions Friday, executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias said he never intended to get “very serious” in trade discussions regarding left-hander John Means.
A day later, Means showed why the Orioles value him so much. In a 5-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers, he went six innings, with a solo home run accounting for all the damage against him.
Means had allowed nine earned runs over 11 u2154 innings in his first two starts after spending six weeks on the injured list with a left shoulder strain, though he pitched into the seventh in the latter and was mostly done in by a three-run home run.