Baltimore Orioles: With Spring Training approaching, Orioles need to fill holes

Aug 18, 2016; Baltimore, MD, USA; Baltimore Orioles right fielder Mark Trumbo (45) rounds the bases after hitting a three run home run during the first inning against the Houston Astros at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports
Aug 18, 2016; Baltimore, MD, USA; Baltimore Orioles right fielder Mark Trumbo (45) rounds the bases after hitting a three run home run during the first inning against the Houston Astros at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports /
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ORIOLES NEED #2:
“A LEFT-HANDED RELIEVER”

If there was anything we learned from the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs during last season’s Fall Classic, it’s that bullpens win games.

Unfortunately, another fatal flaw for the Orioles is their lack of left-handed relievers. The difference of being a Wild Card team and winning the American League East last year could have been having a reliable left-handed reliever in the bullpen. However, the Orioles didn’t have that, and it definetely cost them a few games.

It would be in the Orioles best interest to go for a left-handed reliever, and there’s still one in the free agent market in Boone Logan. I’m actually quite shocked Logan is still on the free agent market, and with everyone already preparing for Spring Training, Logan could be had at the right price.

It also helps he has pitched in the American League East before…even if it was for the New York Yankees.

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