Late in spring training, Orioles rookie left-hander Keegan Akin was asked whether he felt he had done enough to break camp with the major league team.
“I don’t know,” Akin responded amid an exhibition slate in which his command often evaded him. “That’s a tough question.”
Akin nearly echoed that sentiment in the early hours of Wednesday morning after he gave up six runs in three innings of Tuesday night’s rain-delayed 9-4 loss to the Detroit Tigers. In his nine starts this year, Akin’s ERA is 9.57.
The question that prompted his near regurgitation — replacing “tough” with “good” — was whether he’s capitalized on the opportunity the Orioles have provided him.