Hyde postgame presser today

[George]

Hope is the thing with (Orioles') feathers.

[now]

I see very little said in this thread about the bullpen, but to me that's what deserves at least equal blame for this string of losses. It's been touted as good and it was for a while... maybe now overtaxed and overexposed from poor starters. Still, remember it was the team's strength in the 2012-16 era of contention. Looking at player pedigrees on Fangraphs' Roster Resource, it's telling that most of our workhorse relievers came off the scrap heap: Lakins, Sulser, Plutko, Valdez, Armstrong, Wells. What else can we expect from such a crew? It's what Replacement value means. It makes a good story when it works out, for a while, but usually these guys end up like Cinderella at midnight.