This article is part of the Know Your Orioles 40-man series, which features an article about each of the 38 players currently on the Orioles roster. There will be one every weekday until we run out of players.
Perhaps the best thing to be said about Dillon Tate’s 2021 season was that he was always...there.
That’s actually pretty impressive, considering the head-spinning turnover rate in the Orioles’ bullpen last season. Tate, minus an 18-day stint on the injured list in May, remained on the Birds’ 26-man roster from start to finish. He and Cole Sulser were the only pitchers from the O’s Opening Day bullpen who were still active by season’s end.