Have you heard the good news??? John Means is back!
2021 has been a tale of two halves for the O’s lefty ace: after posting a first-half ERA of 2.28, a stiff shoulder knocked him out for over a month and since getting back, his ERA had been 4.72. His stuff didn’t look as sparkling. Two starts ago, Means brutally assessed his own outing: “My changeup’s kind of sucked lately, to be honest.”
Well, the Means changeup was [fire emoji] tonight, helping to throw off Phillies hitters right and left over 6.2 scoreless innings in which they managed just four hits and a walk.