Maybe you could hear some snickering around the league. The Orioles certainly set themselves up for a punchline.
“Hey, Orioles! If this were 2013, you’d have a pretty good pitching staff!”
Those are the jabs you should expect to endure when you sign Felix Hernandez, who hasn’t been good for a while, and Matt Harvey, who hasn’t been good for even more of a while, to contracts. It sure looks like you’re bringing aboard two washed-up has-beens, a pair of guys who after landing in Florida for spring training should tell the pilot to hold the plane, in case their latest comeback attempt lasts all of five minutes.