The national writers (and the computers) like the O’s a little less this week than last week. That's what happens when you lose and look terrible doing it.
MLB.com Power Rankings (16th)
Down four places from last week, and honestly, the way they’ve played, they’re lucky it wasn’t more. .
ESPN.com Power Poll(16th)
The O’s looked ugly last week, but The Hit Paredes still gets some love: "The Orioles may feel comfortable using Jimmy Paredes only at DH, but that's fine if he keeps hitting. Out of all major league players with 75 or more plate appearances, Paredes is third in slugging percentage (.