There's no point in understating the importance of Orioles right-hander Miguel Gonzalez’s final spring start, which he makes Tuesday against the Atlanta Braves at Ed Smith Stadium.
Simply put, there are only a few possible outcomes: Gonzalez can pitch well enough to silence the loud questions about him in this trying spring and save his rotation spot, he can fail to distinguish himself and find himself out of the picture, or perhaps even worse, take the mound already too far behind to catch up to up-and-coming right-handers Mike Wright and Tyler Wilson.