This Orioles season can be nicely divided at one date: May 24th. Going into the second game of a doubleheader that day, the O’s were 16-34. Since then, they have gone 24-15. While just about every aspect of the team has been better since that date, the clearest difference has been on the pitching staff.
Through May 23, the Orioles were the worst pitching team in MLB, and it was not particularly close. They were the only unit with negative fWAR (-0.5), and ranked dead last in ERA (5.77) and FIP (5.11). Veterans like Charlie Morton (7.68 ERA), Zach Eflin (5.