Imagine if, back in March, someone told you that Dean Kremer would spend most of the season as the #1 or #2 starting pitcher for the Orioles. You would know that if this person’s prediction was going to prove true, things would either have to go very, very well for Kremer himself, or very, very badly for the Orioles starting rotation. You would also know, deep down, that it could only be the second one. That is the reality that we got. Kremer was not all that good and yet he was still second-best of who was here. The Orioles starting staff was, collectively, a disaster.

Among the bits of folksy wisdom that former Orioles manager Buck Showalter was fond of deploying was this: “Never overlook an orchid when you’re searching for a rose.” It’s a saying that speaks of beauty rather than utilit

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