Good morning, Birdland!
My brain can only focus on so much baseball at one time, and with the World Baseball Classic in full swing this week, the Orioles are often the ones taking a backseat. But that didn’t prevent me from paying close attention to one very big (in more ways than one) debut for the Birds on Tuesday.
Félix Bautista finally pitched in a Grapefruit League game after working his way back from the knee discomfort that ended his 2022 season a tad early. But you never would have guessed he missed any time at all.