For Mike Baumann, it started the same way as his first seven seasons in professional baseball. He was, as always, employed by the Baltimore Orioles, the team that drafted him in the third round in 2017. He wanted to help a familiar organization while advancing his own career.
“My expectation was to take a step forward with the Orioles and to be a part of the bullpen,” Baumann said this week. “I was really excited. I was really looking forward to it. I didn’t perform like I wanted to, things just didn’t go my way and that’s the nature of the business.”
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The business, though, has treated Baumann in a way
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