Signed to a minor-league contract days into spring training, left-hander Tommy Milone offered the Orioles a potential veteran rotation piece that could be flipped come the trade deadline.
He proved to be exactly that, with the Orioles trading Milone to the Atlanta Braves on Sunday, a day before the deadline, for two players to be named later. He served as the Orioles’ Opening Day starter after an injury to John Means, posting a 3.99 ERA across six starts while striking out 31 in 29u2153 innings.
Those six outings have come against teams the Braves will see through the season’s final month in a schedule built around the American League East and National League East divisions.