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This offseason, the\u00a0Baltimore Orioles’ need for starting pitching was incredibly obvious. And yet, general manager Mike Elias settled for adding Charlie Morton on a one-year contract and signing Kyle Gibson in late March. Those acquisitions have blown up in Elias’ face.<\/p>\n
To be fair! I like Morton! What\u2019s not to like about him?Morton, 41, is one of the most decorated right-handed pitchers in baseball. For the first 17 years of his career, he was a strong and dependable option in the rotation. He was instrumental in the Atlanta Braves\u2019 recent surge and was a leader for the organization’s young staff. But his underlying numbers from last season \u2014 mainly a 4.46 FIP, his worst since 2010 \u2014 painted a picture that he was beginning to decline.<\/p>\n
To start this season, Morton has a 9.45 ERA in seven games. He\u2019s allowed 28 earned runs in 26.2 innings pitched. He\u2019s been relegated to the bullpen. There is still plenty of time for Morton to bounce back. But so far, the signing has been nothing short of a disaster.<\/p>\n
Don’t let the Orioles off the hook for Kyle Gibson either<\/h2>\n
Then there\u2019s Gibson. In fairness, he was signed right before Opening Day. He had no spring training to ramp up and it\u2019s well-documented it takes awhile for pitchers to ramp up. But the Orioles knew this and they also knew they needed immediate impact options in the rotation.<\/p>\n
So it should be no surprise that Gibson, a dependable veteran, struggled mightily in his first start with the Orioles, a 3.2 inning appearance against the Yankees in which he allowed nine runs and 11 hits.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not going to blame Gibson. He was set up to fail and his struggles \u2014 and the Orioles\u2019 rotation woes \u2014 fell directly on Elias. He\u2019s struggled to identify quality rotation options. He\u2019s missed continuously on giving the rotation quality options, even average options, that could get the organization past the first round of the postseason.<\/p>\n
The Orioles have had such a unique opportunity with the young nucleus. They could invest meaningful dollars into the rotation on long-term pacts. They could extend some of those young players and follow the Braves\u2019 model. They could do so much.<\/p>\n
But they continue to rely on bandaid options and it appears primed to cost them once again in 2025, as they are 12-18 and in last place in the American League East. And it won’t change unless Elias is able to do something he hasn’t done in Baltimore: finally prove that he can sufficiently supply the rotation.<\/p>\n
The Orioles have so much young talent on offense. Last year, it was still clear that they needed more pitching reinforcements even after adding Burnes and Trevor Rogers. The latter arrived in midseason trade that sent prospects Connor Norby and Kyle Stowers to the Miami Marlins.<\/p>\n
The trade turned out to be the worst of the trade deadline \u2014 by far \u2014 and left the Orioles\u2019 rotation in worse shape than it was before Rogers. The moves they’ve made since haven’t helped the situation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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