Source: www.redreporter.com --- Saturday, July 29, 2017
When news broke late Friday night that the Baltimore Orioles had traded for Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jeremy Hellickson , my reaction was similar to the way most of the Baseball world reacted: “Buh?” The Phillies are very bad this year and obvious sellers. The Orioles, though, aren’t exactly in a position to be buying – sitting at 48-54, good for fourth place in a highly competitive AL East. And as Ken Rosenthal would later report , this was not a weak attempt by the Orioles to load up for some run at the playoffs in the last two months of the season. The Orioles are still soft sellers and are looking to move bullpen pieces at the deadline. But the Orioles rotation – and this should sound familiar around here – has been awful this year. Dylan Bundy owns a 5.03 FIP and an ERA+ of 96 and he has been by far the best pitcher in Baltimore’s rotation this year. Otherwise, you’re looking at ERA’s of 5.79 and 7.65, respectively, for Kevin Gausman and Chris Tillman , a pair of guys who were supposed to anchor the rotation, and a 5.89 ERA for Wade Miley , the Orioles’ prize of last year’s trade deadline. The only other guy is Ubaldo Jimenez , whose numbers aren’t even worth the energy to type. Hellickson, then, even with his 4.73 ERA and 5.50 FIP, is a marked improvement over 80% of the Orioles rotation. And because he’s in the last year of a contract, all it cost Baltimore to land him was their No. 27 prospect, some international bon ...
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