There’s really nothing else worth focusing on at this point. It’s not fun, but it’s the biggest story in Birdland. The Orioles rotation is far worse than anyone could have imagined heading into this season, and there does not appear to be a solution in sight.
The injury to Zach Eflin really opened the floodgates. Without Eflin, there’s nobody to play stopper for this brutal collection of arms. Charlie Morton holds the most experience, but he’s been the textbook definition of a 41-year-old problem child this season.
Tomoyuki Sugano holds a respectable 3.43 ERA, but his FIP sits much higher at 5.