When veteran starting pitchers Andrew Cashner and Alex Cobb signed with the Orioles during spring training, they expected to be starting meaningful games in September. They hoped to be the veteran anchors of a starting rotation competing for a postseason spot.
It definitely hasn’t shaken out that way. As the Orioles near the single-season club record for losses, the veteran duo looks around the clubhouse and sees many new faces. Core players that made the club hope it could contend in 2018 have been traded away, replaced by young rookie pitchers now looking to establish themselves as part of the organization’s rebuilding plan.