Baltimore Orioles: Top 7 Players in the Month of June

#3 – Darren O’Day

For too many years, the Baltimore Orioles had “closers” who had no business in such a role. They would do things like walk the bases loaded and then attempt to pitch out of the jam – most often with poor success.

This has not been a pattern of life for Darren O’Day, though he did have this happen to him on a couple of occasions in June. However, he WAS able to extricate himself and the team.

The numbers that O’Day has amassed in his years now in Baltimore are impressive. For June, he added to them by having a 4-0 record out of the bullpen! That is crazy!

Darren was in 11 games and pitched 10.2 innings of 1.69 ERA baseball. The Orioles were 9-2 in the games where he appeared.

In those 10.2 innings, he did allow six walks and five hits. BUT, he also struck out a total of 20 batters.

Opponents only hit .135 off his submarine pitches. This is a guy the Orioles need to re-sign.

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