For years, a perennial strength for the Orioles has been their bullpen. While the starting pitching has regularly been suspect, the relievers could be trusted to close out games with slim leads. Closers and late-inning arms like Zach Britton, Brad Brach and Mychal Givens, or even Jim Johnson back in the day, usually get most of the plaudits, but the Birds have depended on an unlikely source of reliability out of the ‘pen this season.
Richard Bleier made his way to Baltimore back in February from the Yankees in return for “cash or a player to be named later”.