A year ago, the Orioles signed Jordan Lyles coming off a season in which Lyles had a 5+ ERA. It wasn’t a very exciting signing at the time, and even though it worked out better than you might have expected, it still wasn’t exciting. Here we are now in 2022, and The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal reports that the Orioles have signed - pending a physical - free agent pitcher Kyle Gibson, who, if you can believe it, had a 5+ ERA this season.
One immediate difference between Gibson and Lyles is that Gibson has actually been good in his career.