Boasting two rookie pitchers in the starting rotation is a boom-bust proposition for a team like the Orioles. The good nights for Dean Kremer, Bruce Zimmermann and eventually Keegan Akin will foretell a rebuild on track.
The rough nights, like Zimmermann endured Tuesday and Kremer matched Wednesday in a 7-0 slugging by the New York Yankees before an announced 7,338 at Camden Yards, sting doubly.
Even if they all have the potential to pitch well in the rotation for years — even against these same Yankees — getting hit around the park with authority goes a long way to scuffing up the veneer these 10-14 Orioles are using to glow up another year of future-focused baseball at the big league level.