The Orioles are not playing competitive baseball. By a long stretch, they’ve been, statistically, the worst-pitching team in baseball this whole year. It’s hard to watch, and it has understandably turned off a lot of fans.
Take a look at the forest, and it doesn’t look so good. But zoom in, and some of the individual trees are really quite stunning.
One individual performance that merits singling out is that of Jonathan Villar.
Back in July 2018, when the Orioles traded Jonathan Schoop to the Brewers for Villar and a couple of prospects, it was considered an upgrade for a playoff-bound Milwaukee.