It’s a time of optimism for O’s fans. The long winter of AL East beatdowns and contemptuous Buster Olney tweets seems to be melting and the spring—new prospects, good defense, competitive outcomes—is springing. Those lopsided matchups of the past—Gerrit Cole or Robbie Ray or Shane Baz vs. [every Orioles pitcher]—are getting fewer and fewer. (Actually, the Orioles saw all three of those guys this season and won all three of the latest matchups. Heh.)
But we’re not out of the woods yet. Every now and then, a Friday night rolls around, you’ll check your MLB At-Bat app and see a matchup like this: Austin Voth vs.