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section: | slug: orioles-john-means-set-to-return-thursday | sport: baseball | route: article_single_fantasy | Early Saturday morning, Baltimore Orioles fans learned that beloved MASN broadcasters Gary Thorne and Jim Palmer would not be calling games in 2020 due to safety concerns with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic (via Dan Connolly …

at “I got in trouble last year kind of falling and pulling myself out of my body with my front side.

Physically and stuff-wise, feeling really good.”To say his stuff was better than it ever has been isn’t hyperbolic either.In all of last season, a campaign during which he was an All-Star and the Rookie of The Year runner-up, the highest average his fastball ever reached in a single month was 92.6 mph in June.

John Means started his first game of the season on Thursday against the Yankees, giving up five earned runs in 2 and 1/3 innings.

Means broke camp in a relief role but quickly moved into the rotation, establishing himself as Baltimore's most dependable pitcher over the remainder of the season by winning 12 games -- no small feat on a 54-win team -- while posting a 3.73 ERA and 1.14 WHIP in 27 starts.

By If they’d lost, they’d have still been winners of three straight games. “I think that has a lot to do with it.

I probably made one bad pitch and that was the home run.

He was nearly four mph faster on Thursday.“He felt great -- probably felt a little too good,” Hyde remarked. 6-keys: media/fantasynews/mlb/reg/free/stories Kind of staying closed a little bit longer is helping me stay on plane.”He practiced those changes by throwing baseballs into a mattress in his garage.“Sometimes it’s better off with that sort of catch play because you’re not really worried about where it’s going but really just focusing on your motion and how your body feels,” Means said.

“He was throwing 95, 96, I just think he was anxious to get out there and didn’t have really good command obviously in the first inning. Other than that, I thought my stuff was good.”Means’ trick to his increased velocity was a tweak he made at his home while in quarantine.“Just riding the slope a little bit better,” Means said. Means (arm) is expected to be activated off the injured list to start Thursday against the Yankees, Steve Melewski of MASNSports.com reports. In fact, he threw harder than he ever had before.

Play Now He pitched much better in a 4-0 loss to Miami, but he was removed after 4 2/3 innings due to pitch-count issues.“All of our guys have been better.

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