Odrisamer Despaigne arrived this week from Triple-A Norfolk unsure of how he’d be deployed upon making his Orioles debut, but manager Buck Showalter saw all he needed to in the right-hander’s first appearance Wednesday. What did he show his manager?
“The ability to pitch three innings,” Showalter said, over-estimating the 2 2/3 inning stint by an out. ”He’s going to throw the kitchen sink at you. …. He’s done this before. He’s been down a lot of roads, he’s experienced. It’s like [Tides manager Ron Johnson] and them said, he’s going to take the ball and compete — very much like the guy that he replaced, that we had to put on the DL in [Vance] Worley.