John Means’ no-hitter Wednesday in Seattle does, however, raise a beacon for everyone down below in the minors and those who are looking for progress outside Baltimore that while the Orioles aren’t where they want to be yet, this team is far from hopeless.
“I think we have a really good team,” Means said, “and it’s about time people started to pay attention.”
At 15-16 through 31 games, the Orioles have certainly been more competitive than they were expected to be at the start of the season. He’s the undisputed first reason for that, pitching so well through his first six starts that the idea of him throwing a 27-out no-hitter with 12 strikeouts is only the smallest of logical leaps.