Orioles manager Buck Showalter will have his annual winter meetings media session Wednesday afternoon, and surely his decision to leave closer Zach Britton unused in the club’s American League wild card game loss in Toronto will come up again.
Showalter has answered questions about his call to pitch Ubaldo Jimenez instead of Britton in the 11th inning of that game, and the ensuing Edwin Encarnacion walkoff homer off Jimenez that ended the Orioles season. Still, as the Orioles form the groundwork of the upcoming season, Showalter admitted in a video interview with The Sun that the pain of that loss still lingers two month later.