One of Mike Elias’ top objectives during last month’s trade deadline was to improve the Orioles’ bullpen. While the big, franchise-altering move never came, Elias was certainly busy. The additions of Sernathony Domínguez and Gregory Soto were meant to directly address the middle innings, while bringing on starters Zach Eflin and Trevor Rogers helped the organization’s pitching depth as a whole, including the bullpen.
Just two weeks on from many of those moves, the jury is still out on whether or not the bullpen will be any better. However, the early results have not been encouraging.
Since July 26 (the day of the Domínguez addition), the Orioles are 29th in reliever ERA (6.