If former Orioles pitcher Mike Mussina reaches the vote threshold for enshrinement in the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday, it will double as both a proud day for the organization and a reminder of how far it still has to go still to replicate that.
Drafted in 1990 in the first round out of Stanford, Mussina not only represents the last homegrown ace the organization has selected and developed, but the last homegrown Orioles starter to even make an All-Star Game.
Since the last of his five All-Star appearances in an Orioles uniform, the team has sent just seven pitchers to the All-Star Game.