The addition of veteran left-hander Wade Miley earlier this month was intended to bolster the Orioles starting rotation, a group that is now limping toward the regular season’s final weeks after the indefinite loss of their most reliable pitcher, ace right-hander Chris Tillman, to a shoulder injury.
The team’s shaky rotation is in need of stability now more than ever, and Miley, the team’s primary nonwaiver trade deadline acquisition, knows he must start to provide it. The Orioles have few options, as evidenced by jettisoned right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez getting Thursday’s spot start to fill in for Tillman.