Club considers bringing up prospects to fill staff holes ANAHEIM -- They've lost two arms to injuries and two more to attrition. The Orioles are competing with only one member of their Opening Day rotation, and they've seen some of their holes patched by prospects from within the organization. Now, the focus in Baltimore may turn even further toward the future. The Orioles learned Wednesday that Koji Uehara will be out for a couple of months due to a partially torn flexor tendon in his pitching elbow, an ailment that could have the team thinking about promoting its best prospects. Andy MacPhail, Baltimore's president of baseball operations, addressed that very possibility on Thursday. "Unfortunately, we have to respond to events as they are in real life," said MacPhail, who has preached patience in terms of promoting his top...
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