I usually don’t write about Orioles promotions and demotions considering with their inconsistency and really overall parity (not really in a good way) with Triple-A Norfolk and Baltimore, they pretty much make some sort of move everyday. However, I thought that this was a little bit more important than usual because the guy they are bringing up today will be our starting pitcher tonight. The O’s decided to send down Zach Britton after his string of poor performances and call up Steve Johnson. Johnson has certainly earned the promotion as he has a 2.86 ERA in 19 games (14 starts). The 24-year-old allowed 66 hits and 31 walks while striking out 86 batters. Britton also deserved the demotion because even though he only made a few starts, he had an ERA of 11.48 which would have been even higher had it not been for his own error that cost him 3 runs last night.  Read more...