It comes as no surprise to Orioles fans that the team’s starting pitching has, in general, been quite bad through the first two months of the season. After all, the front office took a throw-it-against-the-wall-and-see-what-sticks approach to assembling the group in spring training. The result has been a unit that routinely struggles to face a lineup more than once and saddles its bullpen with a hefty workload on a near nightly basis.
Orioles starters have a league-worst 6.17 ERA in the month of May, and the 89 innings they have thrown are more than just one team (Mets) in that same time frame.