The Baltimore Orioles have been one of the best teams in Major League Baseball during the regular season for the past two years.
With 101 wins in 2023 and 91 wins in 2024, the Orioles appeared to be legitimate World Series contenders.
The postseason didn’t go as planned for the Orioles the last two years, however, as they were swept in their first playoff series in both 2023 and 2024.
After losing ace starting pitcher Corbin Burns to free agency this offseason, the Orioles are reportedly interested in adding another free agent starting pitcher.
According to MLB analysts Will Sammon and Katie Wu via Channel X’s “B/R Walk-Off,” the Orioles are looking at Jack Flaherty after losing Burns.
The Orioles are looking at Jack Flaherty after losing Corbin Burns @WillSammon: and: @katiejwoo: pic.twitter.com/1XfRqe5Ibs
— B/R Walk-Off (@BRWalkoff) December 31, 2024
Losing Burns is a big blow to an Orioles team that has dominated the regular season each of the last two years.
Flaherty is an eight-year veteran MLB starter who entered the league in 2017 with the St. Louis Cardinals, where he played through 2022 before bouncing from team to team since then.
Between the Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Dodgers in 2024, Flaherty started 28 games, posting a 13-7 record with a 3.17 ERA and 194 strikeouts in 162.0 innings.
Flaherty had one of the more impressive seasons of his career in 2024, and the Orioles can expect him to lead their rotation in 2025.
The Orioles will look to return to the postseason in 2025 and prove themselves as a World Series contender.
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