I have written many a word on Miguel Gonzalez before. He has been one of the more enigmatic pitchers in baseball over the last four years. Posting great results (shiny ERA numbers), but mediocre peripherals (poor Fielding Independent Pitching numbers, (FIP)). In 2015, the results finally matched the peripherals. Plain and simple, he stunk, posting a 4.91 ERA for the Orioles in 26 starts. If the Orioles hope to get back to the playoffs in 2016, a pre-2015 Gonzalez will be of the utmost importance.
So I did some research to figure out what happened in 2015 and I noticed that he posted a 3.