What do we do with this guy?

Nothing. I really just think he's having a bad (or "down") year. Most pitchers do. Let him walk out there every 5th day and throw between 5-7 innings and figure out what he has to do on his own. He's not the first solid pitcher to have to cross this bridge, and there will be better, more talented Oriole pitchers that will inevitably have to do the same. He stuck it out through getting shafted out of run support every start last season, so let's just get the guys back and remember that he really does belong at Camden Yards. He has yet to throw a season of 200+ innings. So if he gets over that hump this year, and stays healthy throughout August and September, lets call it what it is and chalk up his healthy, full season to progress in terms of increased stamina or whatever.

Mussina, 1996 - 4.80 era, by no means a good year for him. Gave up 31 home runs but still managed 19 wins because the O's were doing well. Prime example of a guy having a random down year

Jamie fucking Moyer, im not gonna pick a year or any specific example because I hate him. But how many bad years has this guy had? Shit the first 10 years of his career were probably "down" years.

Andy Pettite had an off year in 1999 (4.70 era, 1.59 whip - certainly no gem)

Beckett certainly didn't enjoy his first year in Boston, although many will reply to me that he was "adjusting" (well, maybe Guthrie is "adjusting" to added responsibility of a young rotation or the disaster that is the Bud Selig World Baseball Classic)

And the list goes on and on. Point is, let's take this for what it is at the moment, a bad year, if next year is just as awful, we can start calling for heads. There's plenty of baseball left in '09 and I'd say that Guthrie will probably get his ERA @ 4.70 and throw 200+ innings in his "bad" year. That's all it is.

Alright minions, now rip my opinions apart lol!