Kevin Gausman's "down for about three days" has turned into doubt about whether or not he'll be healthy enough to be on the Opening Day roster. Brian Matusz and Jimmy Paredes have also had setbacks.
In a development that will be a surprise to everyone who's never followed baseball before, the Orioles have a number of players whose injury situations have now been revealed to be more serious than initially reported. The most concerning of these involves Kevin Gausman, who received a cortisone injection in his shoulder on Sunday.
At the time, the usual encouraging sounding quotes came from manager Buck Showalter, who said of the injection, "I don't know if it's a big concern," and also, "he'll be down for about three days before we pick back up again.