On Friday the Orioles triumphed over adversity in two senses, mounting a comeback 3-1 win after failing to score a run against Tampa Bay’s Aaron Civale until the sixth, and getting five gritty innings out of Albert Suárez, a spot starter who’ll be making a lot more spot starts now that, as we learned, John Means and Tyler Wells are lost for the season with UCL damage.
Around the league starting pitchers are dropping like flies, and the Orioles just went from “How do we fit everyone in the rotation?” to “Is it too soon to start shopping for starters?