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Which contender will fade down the stretch?

Jim Bowden: I think the Orioles will fade down the stretch. Their starting rotation is shallow and inconsistent, and their schedule is among the most difficult of any contending team. Manager Buck Showalter is one of the game's best, but he can't take the mound every fifth day, nor can he change the schedule.

Keith Law: Baltimore has already been fading, thanks to its starting pitching. The Orioles have the worst starters' ERA of any contender this season and the third-worst total ERA of any AL team in the second half.?

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Odd time to be making this prediction when the O's have taken two straight series, shaved 3 games off the division lead, currently hold the second WC spot, and are 1 game out of first place with 23 games to go. I'm not saying that the O's will certainly make the playoffs, but to say the starting pitching is already fading and the team is on it's way out feels almost like they wrote this 2 months ago and stuck it in a drawer.

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