One necessity of your favorite baseball team being in the middle of a multi-year rebuilding effort is that you have to be numb to the accumulation of losses. Down any other path lies a probably unhealthy disappointment. With how the Orioles have played through their first 24 games, especially with the poor hitting of several young-ish position players, they’re heading towards this territory for 2021, other than maybe when John Means starts.
John Means is not starting today, because he last pitched on Sunday and it is not his turn. It is Jorge López’s turn to pitch. This is where the numbness is important.