The “most stressful” trade deadline of Mike Elias’ 40 years of existence has come and gone, and for the most part, Birdland’s reaction to the Orioles’ moves is, “Meh.” The on-field product is, likely, a teeny bit better. The biggish-ticket name the Orioles traded for, Jack Flaherty (7-6, 4.43 ERA) looks like he’ll slot right in where Tyler Wells, optioned this week to Double-A to begin a course of recovery, left off. Here’s the current rotation in order of ERA+: Kyle Bradish (126), Tyler Wells (110), Flaherty (97), Kyle Gibson (92), Dean Kremer (90), Grayson Rodriguez (68). Flaherty says he “ironed some things out” in July, and it seems to have worked: he posted a 3.
Will the Orioles’ internal reliever upgrades be good enough?
