Football season is here, the weather is starting to cool a bit, and baseball season is entering the final stretch of the regular season. Down on the farm, there are just four days remaining in the minor league season before playoffs get underway, except in the Florida State League and Gulf Coast League where the 2019 season has ended due to Hurricane Dorian. Many affiliates of the Baltimore Orioles are having impressive seasons, but one is standing out above the rest.
As of Friday morning, the Bowie Baysox hold a two-game lead in their division and have a magic number of one to clinch an Eastern League playoff spot, the GCL Orioles finished the year with a 38-15 record, tops in their division, the Aberdeen Ironbirds find themselves in a fight for a divisional title and playoff spot (currently one game out) and the Delmarva Shorebirds continue to raise the bar just when you think this team is already playing at peak performance.