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.
Amid all the commotion about the lockout, one story from last season that’s not getting a lot of airtime is how the MLB ban on “foreign substances” will play out for pitchers in 2022 and going forward. You might remember that last June 3, MLB announced the ban without warning, and all of a sudden, umps were checking caps between innings, pitcher injuries started to spike, and a lot of seeming aces went downhill.