It's paratrooper-like risky for Brandon Hyde to close his eyes once more to give Charlie Morton another chance in the disappointing Birds rotation. Morton has been symbolic of the Baltimore pitching troubles, as his 9.76 ERA and 2.20 WHIP suggest, and numbers haven't appreciably improved the last two-plus weeks when moved to a relief role for his last three outings. Tellingly, the O's have lost in all eight games in which Morton has appeared this season. Would rather take our chances with the Twins and Simeon Woods Richardson, who has flourished in his two previous starts at target Field (2-0 with a 1.74 ERA and 0.87 WHIP) . Play Twins on Run Line

Happy Charlie Morton Day! The Orioles are 0-8 in his appearances this season and he has a 9.76 ERA. The Orioles' offense looks bad right now, too. The Twins have won 9 of 14 while Carlos Correa and Byron Buxton hit well last night, plus, Royce Lewis is back.

If O's were a quasi-serious organization, Charlie Morton would be cut or on the IL, because the 40-year old is cooked. Instead he is starting another game on short rest after another disaster relief outing Sun. His curveball was his money-maker for nearly two decades but league has a .611 SLG off it, and .611 off 4-seam and .682 off sinker. He's bottom 1% of MLB pitchers in fastball run value and breaking ball run value. Byron Buxton is hot and Royce Lewis is actually healthy and Twins are 10-6 at home. Simeon Woods-Richardson is a league-average-ish starter. O's have .601 OPS on road (28th!) with a ridiculous .285 OBP. Struck out 17 times last night with a overly naive lineup that cant field either.

Minnesota pummeled a bad Baltimore starting pitcher on Tuesday and faces an even worse one today in Charlie Morton, who looks zombified at age 41 and at 0-6 with a 9.76 ERA. GM Mike Elias probably should be fired for how little he did to help the rotation in the offseason. The Birds are now 5-12 away and have lost three straight overall. The Twins have won three in a row.