O's face hometown hero

The orioles tonight will face a Maryland native Aaron Laffey who has never faced the Orioles in 40 plus appearences in the major leagues spread out over 3 years. So far this season he has managed to win 7 of his last 10 decisions after entering this year at a career .500 winning percent. So far over 11 road starts he is 3-3 with a 4.97 ERA

He will face the young David Hernandez who only has one win since July and that came on August 11th against Oakland. Over five home starts he is 2-3 with a 4.23 ERA and ironicly has never faced the Indians in his career.

Young Guns

The Orioles while having one of the most promising young rotations in the bigs right know have had a lot of growing pains with their young starters.

Jeremy Guthrie who is the ace and most experienced member of the staff has had an off year having an ERA of over 5. While he isn't young age wise he is still very young in the number of starts at this level and you have to believe as smart as he is he will figure it out eventually.

Brad Bergeson up until his injury was the most consistent member of the starting rotation and I hope his early success can continue not only until he gets back but the rest of his career hopefully making him a valuable member of the Orioles for a log time to come.

David Hernandez has to be the second best rookie this season with an ERA in the low fours he looks like he has the ability to cement a spot in the starting rotation for next season.

Chris Tillman, Jason Berken, and Brian Matusz have all been inconsistent so far in their first major league seasons with Matusz and Berken having ERA's over 6 and a combined record of 4 and 13