A month ago, as Orioles staring pitcher Andrew Cashner possessed a 5.04 ERA and had a start in his native Texas pushed back because of leg soreness, he didn’t rank among the most attractive options to contending teams looking for pitching help at the July 31 trade deadline.
Cashner's brilliance since — five straight quality starts, capped by seven innings of one-run ball in the Orioles' 8-1 win Saturday, with a 1.41 ERA during that stretch — has changed that. And the credit he gives his changeup for the past month-plus means it's not just the same old pitcher that's getting new results.