Every year we joke about Jake Fox and inflated spring training statistics. Some players come to Sarasota ready to perform and do just that. Unfortunately, those eye-popping numbers often disappear once the regular season begins.
Bruce Zimmermann used an impressive spring to catapult from middle relief to the middle of the rotation. The lefty started the third game of the year and delivered a quality start against the Red Sox. The Orioles swept Boston in Fenway, and Baltimore had a new young pitcher to get excited about.
Everyone knows it’s required to point out that Zimmermann hails from Baltimore, Maryland.