Jon Meoli: Inside how the Orioles’ minor league pitching program is developing major league arms

Armed with reams of minor league pitch data, Lance Brozdowski sat down last month and dug into a season’s worth of emerging trends. The Orioles’ full-season minor league pitchers, he found, were among the leaders in ERA and led all organizations in fielding-independent pitching (FIP), a statistic that replicates a pitcher’s ERA based on facets of performance within his control—strikeouts, walks, and home runs allowed.