Opening Day is not far off. The Orioles still have one big pile of fifth starter candidates who are either unproven or proven to be bad. As free agent prices plummet, the Orioles would seem to be in a prime position to make a late addition to their rotation. Despite that, they also seem to have been out of the picture as two of the big trio of unsigned pitchers, Lance Lynn and Jake Arrieta, signed this weekend.
There is no point in getting disappointed about Arrieta, because that was obviously never happening, even at the “bargain” of three years and $75 million.