Oft-beaten Eaton cut loose

It's about time.
The Orioles finally dropped Adam Eaton.
For two years, Phillies fans watched helplessly as Adam Eaton held them hostage with his three-year, $24 million deal. He didn't pitch like a pitcher who earned $8 mil. He pitched like a batting practice hurler during the Home Run Derby.
Eaton went 10-10, which is respectable enough, in 2007. And he was on a division-winning club in the Liberty City.
However, he complied a 6.29 ERA, gave up 192 hits in 161 innings and tossed 30 home run balls.
While the Phillies were becoming World Champs, Eaton proved to be better than a one-year wonder. His ERA plummeted to 5.80. Yeah. He also went 4-8.
The Phillies released him shortly after the parade.
Then the Orioles picked him up.
Why, who knows. Maybe the hoped his ERA would drop to 5.40.
Really, it was because like all MLB executives, people like his "stuff."
You know what type of "stuff" he has? The stuff of a career 4.94 ERA. It's not that he walks people. It's that batters see him take the hill and think, "Power arm right over the plate. Yippee."
So, after compiling a 8.56 ERA, Eaton was released.
Maybe he can make the Revolution. We here at The Southpaw doubt he would even last in the Atlantic League.
Maybe the South Penn League. But it's doubful.