Like it or not, the Orioles will be part of one of baseball’s biggest stories today. Chris Sale returns to a big league mound for the first time in over two years. The 32-year-old lefty has finished in the top 6 in Cy Young voting seven different times, but it’s been a few seasons since he was putting together those sorts of elite performances. This Red Sox team desperately needs rotation help, and an in-form Sale would be the perfect solution.
Prepare to hear jokes about how this is essentially another rehab start for Sale. The Orioles are scuffling in August, having won just once this month and enter today as losers of nine straight contests.