Fried’s Friday Showdown: Will He Crush the Orioles or Face a Major Surprise?
The Orioles are well below .500 and the only team in the division that is below .500. That sentence might not be true for long, as a lot of teams have ebbed and flowed above and below the mark this year. However, it looks like Baltimore is not going to find the above water mark at any point. This is a club with a lot of talent, but they are likely to trade away a lot of it during the deadline. The truth is, they have had two very good seasons in a row and no postseason success. Now they are faced with a down year and the club could look at it that way or ship out talent and try yet another rebuild. Considering ownership has already kind of made comments about not being able to afford everyone, I’d expect the latter. Today, they send out Tomoyuki Sugano to the mound to try and steal a win against the division leaders. Sugano is having a nice year despite the team’s struggles. To this point in the season. Sugano is 5-4 with a 3.38 ERA and a 1.14 WHIP. The biggest issue with Sugano is that he hasn’t been able to be overly consistent. He has made 14 starts with half going five innings or fewer, and half going over six innings. He has allowed over three earned runs in just one start, however. One of his best starts was against the Yankees where he allowed five hits and no runs in five innings.Â
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