Not all pitchers can be aces. Some, in fact, are bums. Dean Kremer, however, is neither of those things.

Probably it’s easiest to call him a back-of-the-rotation starter and be done with it—but that still raises questions. What to make of the times when he’s really good, like May-August of this year, when he posted a 3.16 ERA in 19 starts? And where does that leave the 29-year-old right-hander for next season?

If you remember, since coming over from Los Angeles in 2018 (he’s unexpectedly become the crown jewel of the Manny Machado deal, as the other four prospects – Breyvic Valera, Rylan Bannon, Zach Pop and Yusniel Díaz – have since washed out), Kremer’s had one good year for Baltimore: 2023, where he went 13-5 with a 4.12 ERA. His 2024 was a little murkier, with an 8-10 record and a 4.

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