When Orioles minor league left-hander Tanner Scott takes the mound for the Double-A Bowie Baysox on Thursday night at Reading as a starting pitcher, it will be as part of an early-season plan to get the hard-throwing reliever into a better routine to repeat his delivery and work on his slider in longer outings.
It’s a plan that has worked so well that the team is already talking about just how long before it looks toward the end goal — making Scott an impactful major league reliever.
Orioles director of player development Brian Graham said Monday that “it’ll be at some point this year” when Scott resumes a normal bullpen role with an eye toward moving him up to Triple-A Norfolk or even the major league roster.