It’s been an up-and-down year for Orioles ace John Means. He was on fire for the first couple months of the season, putting up a 2.28 ERA with a .182 BAA in his first 12 games started. Yet, there was a 4.19 FIP hiding behind his sub-three ERA. We’ll get back to that later.
But who can forget his no-hitter against the Mariners on May 5, when he struck out 12 batters and needed 113 pitches to toss a complete game. Crazy how long ago that seems. It was a true high point of an otherwise lowly baseball year in Baltimore.