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<\/p>\nThe Orioles brought back Kyle Gibson, hoping for stability, but his poor 2025 start proves it\u2019s time to move on.<\/p>\n
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When the Baltimore Orioles brought back Kyle Gibson in March on a one-year, $5.25 million deal, the move landed with little excitement and many more questions.<\/p>\n
Baltimore, fresh off two straight postseason appearances and standing on the doorstep of legitimate World Series contention, had every reason to aim higher. Fans were hoping for a splash \u2014 a statement signing or trade to push the Orioles over the top.<\/p>\n
Instead, they circled back to a veteran who, in all honesty, had already shown us who he was in his first go-round with the club.<\/p>\n
And who he was then \u2014 an innings-eater with a 4.73 ERA in 2023 \u2014 wasn\u2019t nearly good enough for a team with championship aspirations.<\/p>\n
This felt less like a contender\u2019s move and more like something you\u2019d see from a bottom-tier club. That\u2019s not who the Orioles are supposed to be anymore. Or at least, that\u2019s what we were led to believe.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s be clear \u2014 we\u2019re not saying Gibson was terrible in 2023. He did what back-end starters are supposed to do. Take the ball every fifth day and eat innings.<\/p>\n
The problem?<\/p>\n
That role doesn\u2019t move the needle for a team trying to win it all. And after a predictably mediocre 2024 with the St. Louis Cardinals, there was little reason to believe a reunion would bring anything different.<\/p>\n
The Orioles\u2019 gamble on Kyle Gibson has officially blown up in their face<\/strong><\/p>\n Shocker, it\u2019s somehow been even worse than anyone could have imagined. In just three starts this season, Gibson has been nothing short of a disaster, stumbling to a 0\u20132 record with an inflated 13.11 ERA and an alarming 2.49 WHIP.<\/p>\n He\u2019s managed to log only 11.2 innings while striking out just nine batters, consistently failing to give the Orioles anything resembling a competitive outing.<\/p>\n He was shelled for nine runs in his season debut against the New York Yankees, including five home runs in just 3 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n He followed that up with equally uninspiring starts against Kansas City and Los Angeles, failing to pitch past the fourth inning in either outing.<\/p>\n This isn\u2019t a small sample size problem.<\/p>\n This is a \u201cwhat did you think was going to happen?\u201d problem. Gibson\u2019s pitch-to-contact style doesn\u2019t align with this Orioles rotation.<\/p>\n It didn\u2019t in 2023, and it certainly doesn\u2019t now. With Grayson Rodriguez being the only true swing-and-miss threat and currently on the shelf, the last thing this staff needed was another veteran surviving on inducing groundballs.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a philosophical misalignment that has played out exactly as predicted.<\/p>\n But the bigger issue is what this move blocked.<\/p>\n Young arms like Brandon Young and now a healthy Chayce McDermott should have been given a legitimate shot.<\/p>\n Instead, the front office played it safe with a low-upside veteran retread, signaling a lack of urgency when this organization should be all-in.<\/p>\n Comfort over competitiveness is the message the O\u2019s brass is sending. With every start Gibson makes, it feels like the Orioles are punting away games in the makings of a brutal American League East. They need upside. They needed reliability.<\/p>\n Instead, they settled for less \u2014 and they\u2019re paying for it, literally and figuratively.<\/p>\n At this point, the Orioles have seen enough. Kyle Gibson simply isn\u2019t the answer. Frankly, he shouldn\u2019t even still be on this roster.<\/p>\n Every additional time he takes the mound is compounding the damage. It\u2019s time to move on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Orioles brought back Kyle Gibson, hoping for stability, but his poor 2025 start proves it\u2019s time to move on. When the Baltimore Orioles brought back Kyle… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":55310,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\n