Orioles acquire Shintaro Fujinami from Athletics

There’s risk in placing too much emphasis on a player’s recent trajectory compared to their overall body of work, of course. It’s perhaps easier to buy into Fujinami’s stronger results of late given the quality of his arsenal. 

Working in shorter stints has pushed the average velocity on his four-seam fastball from an already strong 97 mph to the 99-100 mph range. He’s also leaned more heavily on a 93-94 mph split while…