For everyone out there who watched Wednesday’s loss to the Guardians with its particularly excruciating performance from the relief corps, there is some news that you may find welcome. The exact same set of Orioles relievers will not be who is there this weekend as the O’s play the Giants. The team announced on Friday that reliever Mychal Givens has been placed on the injured list with right shoulder inflammation, while lefty Bruce Zimmermann, the Baltimore native, has been recalled from Triple-A Norfolk.
In this one corresponding set of moves, the Orioles have solved two of the problems that existed within the bullpen.