Are the Orioles … good now? Last night they won again in Seattle, behind a confident seven one-run innings from Tomoyuki Sugano, unexpectedly their best starter right now.

But even that’s not a backhanded compliment: since May 20, the Orioles starting rotation has an unthinkable 2.40 ERA, the fourth best in all of baseball. What is going on, people??

Let’s see what happens tonight in what bids to be the weakest starter matchup of this series: lefty Cade Povich (1-4, 5.29 ERA) vs. right hander Emerson Hancock (2-2, 5.64 ERA).

Next to Charlie Morton, who’s rounding the corner over his last two starts, and Kyle Gibson, DFA’d after pitching like a man better off retiring, the Orioles’ weakest link in the starting rotation has been Cade Povich. In his first full season, the southpaw has a

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