When a team puts as much stock in the future as the Orioles have, it’s asking a lot of fans to believe that all the losing in the interim is worth the wait.
Nights like Saturday are where a little bit of that patience pays off. The Orioles posted a 6-1 win over the New York Yankees with well-regarded pitching prospect Keegan Akin carrying a shutout into the sixth inning and the team’s young bats finally breaking the game open against ace starter Gerrit Cole.
The Orioles waited weeks to add Akin to their starting rotation, breaking him in slowly as a reliever before unleashing him as a starter this week.