The idea of the Orioles rebuilding project remains exciting. Some day, things will be better than they are right now, with exciting players doing exciting things. The reality is that the right now often stinks, resulting in games where pitchers who have no business facing MLB hitters are asked to try to get them out because the last front office regime failed at acquiring good players and the new one doesn’t yet care all that much if the MLB team is bad.
Friday’s game, where the Orioles lost to the Angels by a 8-3 score, was one of those games.