Fried is actually starting this Saturday. Newcomb on Sunday, Teheran bumped away from a hard hitting team.
People are using the arbitrary now below .500 since June 1st line but the ship really started spiraling down the drain actually after the first Toronto game. Outside of the sweep of the Cards and a surprise win vs the Yankees and a couple games (I think we all know them, but I'll list them, the game right off of the break against Washington where Acuna went wild and the first Miami game) since then, it's really been mostly pure awful since then. The team has seemingly gone back to being a pushover for most teams, with no special performances.