We did it, Baltimore Orioles fans. We made it through another offseason and we’re heading into 2019 with a strange sense of optimism, considering that the O’s lost 115 games last year.
Some of our excitement and optimism is solely due to us missing baseball, but it’s at least in part due to us being genuinely intrigued by several players on the Orioles’ roster. And since pitchers and catchers reported on Tuesday, that’s where we’re heading: which pitchers will surprise us the most in spring training.
I wrote on Monday about the battle that’ll take place for the fourth and fifth rotation spots in 2019.