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Baltimore Orioles: The Worst Pitching Staffs Of The Decade

By Nick Stevens

BALTIMORE, MD - APRIL 9: Fans look on as starting pitcher Dylan Bundy #37 of the Baltimore Orioles throws to a Toronto Blue Jays batter in the first inning at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on April 9, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
BALTIMORE, MD - APRIL 9: Fans look on as starting pitcher Dylan Bundy #37 of the Baltimore Orioles throws to a Toronto Blue Jays batter in the first inning at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on April 9, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images) /
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Starting pitchers won just 28 games for the 2018 Baltimore Orioles.

Going a combined 28-84 with a 5.48 ERA, Orioles starters were worth just 4.5 fWAR in 2018, the second-worst performance of the decade.

Again, Dylan Bundy led the way with 171.2 innings and struck out nearly 10/9 IP, but he allowed a league-leading 41 home runs, allowed nearly 3 BB/9 IP, and finished the year with an 8-16 record and 5.45 ERA.

Andrew Cashner and Alex Cobb followed up with the second and third most starts and innings pitched, combining for a 9-30 record and just 201 strikeouts in more than 300 IP. Kevin Gausman was having the most success of the bunch with a 5-8 record and 4.43 ERA before he was traded to the Atlanta Braves during the great purge of 2018.

It’s also hard to believe that we saw seven starts from RHP Chris Tillman in 2018 (1-5, 10.46 ERA), in what would be the final outings of his Orioles career (although he is looking to make a comeback in 2020 after not pitching in 2019).

Overall, opponents hit .281 against Orioles starters in 2018, a number only one unit was able to surpass during the 2010s. That unit would be led by a man named Jeremy Guthrie and it tops our list of the worst starting pitching units of the Baltimore Orioles from 2010-2019.

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