(Cue circus music) Ladies and gentlemen, your 2025 Orioles.
The O’s played a game tonight in which their offense stranded 15 runners on base in nine innings. A game in which their defense allowed multiple Nats runners to take extra bases because they either weren’t hustling or weren’t paying attention, including the game-winning run in the ninth. This 4-3 loss to the Nationals was a game in which the Orioles truly surrendered any semblance of hope of salvaging this season, doing everything short of literally waving a white flag.
How this franchise has fallen so hard, so quickly, from the elite group of 2023 to the clown show we witnessed tonight and all season long is truly mind-boggling.