No one should be brushing off the Baltimore Orioles as some lifeless team just playing out the schedule. Just ask the San Diego Padres, who watched the O’s waltz into Petco Park, drag mud all over the carpet, and stroll out with a series win, all while leaving behind the cargo they had shipped west just a month ago in Ryan O’Hearn and Ramón Laureano.
And to be clear, that’s no knock on those two veterans. In fact, O’Hearn and Laureano have arguably been the best thing going for San Diego since the Padres sent six minor-league prospects to Baltimore to get them.