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(JULY 24th)

The Orioles' starting pitchers have gone 7 innings in 4 out of their last 5 games.

The only one to fail to do so in that frame was Dylan Bundy, who is still in the infancy stages of his Major League career as a starter.

And yesterday, Yovani Gallardo missed making it 5 out of their last 6 games by only 1/3 of an inning.

Everybody except for "Baby" Bundy is starting to show the ability to go deeper into games ........ something that the team has been desperately seeking all season long

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(AUGUST 8th)

In addition to Dylan Bundy having been magnificent in his 4 starts since his inaugural starting pitching clunker against the D-Rays, Kevin Gausman has had 3 excellent outings in his last 4 starts.

Yovani Gallardo has been relatively serviceable as of late, as opposed to awful (which he was earlier this season.)

Even Ubaldo Jimenez had a good 3-inning stint out of the bullpen in a 10-2 blowout win yesterday.

And with the emergence of these pitchers (especially Bundy and Gausman), there has been less pressure on Chris Tillman to feel like he has to win almost every time that he takes the mound. Tillman has been rather pedestrian in his last 3 starts, but the other pitchers in the rotation stepping up has helped the Orioles stay afloat in the A.L. East Pennant race.

The Orioles' ailing Achilles heel has had some effective physical therapy.

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In addition to Dylan Bundy having been magnificent in his 4 starts since his inaugural starting pitching clunker against the D-Rays, Kevin Gausman has had 3 excellent outings in his last 4 starts.

Yovani Gallardo has been relatively serviceable as of late, as opposed to awful (which he was earlier this season.)

Even Ubaldo Jimenez had a good 3-inning stint out of the bullpen in a 10-2 blowout win yesterday.

And with the emergence of these pitchers (especially Bundy and Gausman), there has been less pressure on Chris Tillman to feel like he has to win almost every time that he takes the mound. Tillman has been rather pedestrian in his last 3 starts, but the other pitchers in the rotation stepping up has helped the Orioles stay afloat in the A.L. East Pennant race.

The Orioles' ailing Achilles heel has had some effective physical therapy.

IMO, Tillman is not a 2.50 era pitcher. He is more of a low to mid 3 era pitcher. He is just "regressing" back to what I believe his norm is. Can he go on a few start stretch where he gives up 1 run each in 3 outings? Sure! But I think 7 innings 3 runs is more his norm.

That being said Bundy, Gallardo, and Gausman have been stepping up as of late. If Gallardo and Guasman can keep going 6-7 giving up 3, then watch out! Miley is the wild card I think. If he can stabalize that 5th spot (even though he might not pitch out of the 5th spot), then this team can go on a deep run in the playoffs as long as the offense doesnt wet the bed.

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Right now, the Orioles appear to have two #2's (Chris Tillman and Dylan Bundy), two #5's (Wade Miley and Yovani Gallardo), and a #4 (Kevin Gausman.)

That's considerably better than what they had earlier this season.

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