Coming into the 2017 season Dylan Bundy was an untested, but still promising young pitcher. It was unclear how many innings the Orioles were going to allow Bundy to pitch in 2017 considering he only reached his career high of 109.2 innings in 2016 after being pressed into a starting role. It was also uncertain how Bundy’s body would respond considering his light professional workload to date and his lengthy injury history.
Bundy responded by being far and away the Orioles best starting pitcher in 2017. That’s only sort of damning with faint praise.