PT TODAY: Brach gets extended stay as BAL closer

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Orioles | Plan set for Zach Britton
Baltimore Orioles LHP Zach Britton (Achilles') is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Class AAA Norfolk on Wednesday, May 30.  Source: MASNSports.com - Steve Melewski
 
BHQ take: Britton's readiness for a rehab assignment and Darren O'Day's delays in returning from a hyperextended right elbow, means that Brad Brach will get to keep the closer role for just a while longer. Brach has converted two saves in his five appearances since O'Day hit the DL, and his overall pitching line for May 2018 to date shows some good (11 K, one run in eight IP), along with the bad (five...

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