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Baltimore Orioles: A Look At The Starting Rotation Candidates

The 2019 pitching staff for the Baltimore Orioles finished with a league-worst 5.59 ERA, gave up an MLB-record 305 home runs (35 more than the Colorado Rockies who finished with the second-most home runs allowed), and ranked in the bottom five of the league in both WHIP (1.46) and batting average against (.271).

Individually, we saw small improvements from a few different arms and the emergence of John Means, but the pitching staff as a whole was a disaster in 2019 and 2020 looks to be another rough season for Orioles pitchers climbing the bump

The most notable change to the pitching staff this offseason has been the dealing of Dylan Bundy to the Los Angeles Angels for four pitching prospects, leaving Means and Asher Wojciechowski as the only two starters with significant starts returning in 2020.