When a team like the Orioles has so many starting pitchers who are allergic to successfully going beyond the fifth inning, the bullpen is something of a constant shuffle to line up pitchers who are fresh in case the next game’s starter - today, Matt Harvey, who hasn’t pitched five innings in six weeks - has a stinker. That’s doubly true in the aftermath of Dean Kremer not getting through one inning last night.
This means there is a constant state of opportunity for these relievers, and underneath that is the sad reality that you might get your one chance and that’s it.