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Eduardo A. Encina ‏@EddieInTheYard

Bud Norris was told before yesterday's game that he's being sent to the bullpen. #Orioles

Eduardo A. Encina ‏@EddieInTheYard

Norris: "I'm going to go down there and pitch and when I get called on, I'm going to do the best job I can." #Orioles

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Eduardo A. Encina ‏@EddieInTheYard

Bud Norris was told before yesterday's game that he's being sent to the bullpen. #Orioles

Eduardo A. Encina ‏@EddieInTheYard

Norris: "I'm going to go down there and pitch and when I get called on, I'm going to do the best job I can." #Orioles

Well done Buck. Keep your chin up Norris. I am sure you're better than Matusz.

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Great, now he can mess up there, too.

There are some exceptions but I don't think going to the pen is the automatic fix-all for a poorly performing starter. Hopefully this does the trick but I think it'll be Tommy Hunter 2.0 out there.

That would be good. I would take Tommy Hunter 2.0 and like it.

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Gausman is our pitching "acquisition". I knew it would be him at some point and the time is now. No more back and forth.

I wonder now if Norris stays in the pen all year or they move him. He could be an asset.

Someone who needs a backend staring pitcher to give them "innings" might be a good trade partner. Sort of like the situation the Orioles were in when we acquired Tommy Hunter in 2011. That team had a serious dearth of starting pitchers and needed someone -- anyone -- to just give them some innings so the bullpen's arms wouldn't fall off. For obvious reasons I hope that any trade they make with Norris will be better for the Orioles than it was for the Rangers in 2011. Even without Davis that would still have been a decent deal for the O's. At the time the organization was starting the likes of Chris Jakubaskas or whatever the heck that guy's name was and nobody could get out of the 4th inning. At the time I was just as happy to have Hunter as Davis. At least they got someone who could start a game or two. Had the team not discovered Chen and Gonzo, Hunter would probably still be in the rotation.

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