Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette earlier this week touted the presence of fourth starter Mike Wright and swingman Tyler Wilson on the Opening Day roster as a sign of the organization’s strides in developing major league pitchers.
What the minor league rosters and starting rotations unveiled this week throughout the Orioles’ minor league system signify, however, is that their presence on the major league roster leave a dearth of at-the-ready starting pitching in the organization.
That the leaders of the team’s farm system have to go with a six-man rotation in Double-A Bowie, but have a patchwork rotation representing their last line of enforcements at the highest level in Triple-A Norfolk shows the team has more worthwhile pitching depth than they’ve had in a while.