Only yesterday, the Orioles traded Miguel Castro to the Mets for pitching prospect Kevin Smith. This marked the Orioles as sellers and the Mets as buyers, though as it ended up the O’s entered this game with a better record than those same Mets. It may take a bit more than Castro to fix what’s wrong with that team. The post-selloff O’s showed the Mets that in a slugfest on Tuesday night, coming out on top, 9-5.
The win combined with a Blue Jays loss brings the O’s back within 2.