On Wednesday, the Orioles scored nine runs on a wonky-looking Dylan Bundy. Good! On Thursday night’s MASN broadcast we learned that this effort represented 10% of the teams’ runs on the season. Not good! Over two nights this week, the team literally doubled the total home runs seen at Camden Yards this season, from eight to 17.
Earlier this week, Tyler Young broke down some of the main reasons for the O’s puny offensive output thus far. His conclusions: bad hitters (we’re looking at you, Chirinos, Bemboom, Owings and Odor), bad luck on batted balls (especially Urias, Mancini, and Mountcastle), too many strikeouts, and finally, says Tyler, a “worrying lack of power.