Pannone was a somewhat promising lefty in the Cleveland organization before coming to the Jays in the Joe Smith trade at last year’s deadline. After missing the first half of 2018 thanks to an 80-game PED suspension, the Rhode Island native has made four relief appearances for Toronto since his first big-league call-up on August 9, giving up two earned runs over 4.1 innings while striking out six.
David Hess (5.95 ERA) is due to pitch for the Orioles, who have been tanking aggressively since their season went off the rails in April. Baltimore is 2-10 behind Hess this year for a loss of 7.35 units; the northpaw from Tennessee is in his first season in the bigs, earning the No. 5 spot in the rotation after getting drafted in the fifth round by the Orioles back in 2014, and he’s allowed 3.88 walks and 2.08 home runs per nine innings thus far.
MLB Odds: Jays Host Last-Place O’s in Pannone’s First Start
Thomas Pannone will make his first big-league start this Wednesday when the Toronto Blue Jays (55-69, minus-12.51 betting units) host fellow rookie David Hess and the Baltimore Orioles (37-87, minus-42.12 units), beginning at 12:37 PM ET on Sportsnet.
Pannone has pitched 4.1 innings of relief for Toronto thus far, after missing the first 80 games of the 2018 campaign to a PED suspension. The southpaw joined the Blue Jays in last year’s deadline deal with Cleveland for reliever Joe Smith. Hess (5.95 ERA) has Baltimore 7.35 units in the red on a team record of 2-10.
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