#39 - Zack Britton, LHP (2011 - 2018)
The 2010s could be considered the “Decade of the Reliever” in Major League Baseball. It seemed that everywhere you looked there was a one-inning pitcher who touched triple digits with his fastball and made hitters look silly. While we can argue over which pitcher was the best of the entire era, there is no doubt about who had the best standalone season. It was Zack Britton in 2016.
Of course, it wasn’t always clear that Britton would end up at the back of the Orioles bullpen, or even that his name was spelled with a “K,” but we will get into that later.