With Opening Day now eight days away for the Orioles, it’s about time for them to start lining up their starting pitchers for the start of the season. They took the first, obvious step on Thursday morning as manager Brandon Hyde announced that John Means is lined up as the Opening Day starter.
As the only good starting pitcher for the Orioles last year, Means was the obvious choice and pretty much the only choice. That doesn’t make it any less exciting. The Orioles #1 starter is a guy who threw a no-hitter last year! Gone are the days of various baseball pundits weighing in on which team has the worst #1 starting pitcher and the Orioles are among the choices.