When the Baltimore Orioles signed Andrew Cashner this past off-season, none of us knew how this season would play out. Some of us might’ve seen a post-season contender, buoyed by Manny Machado, and a surging pitching staff.
Or maybe you’ve seen this coming for over a year now, with the organization’s inability to see reason and refusal take advantage of Machado’s trade value as early as possible becoming sources of severe frustration.
Whatever your view of the 2018 Orioles was six months ago, it’s been decimated by the level of play we’ve seen thus far.