Hello, friends.
There are now 139 days remaining until the next scheduled Orioles game. Everyone has their own different level of pessimism for how likely it is that MLB’s owner-imposed lockout of the players will end by then in order to allow the season to begin.
How you feel about the Orioles rotation minus Trevor Rogers probably has a lot to do with how much urgency you think the team should have this offseason. The team had a “could have been worse” rotation in 2026 even with Rogers being as good as he was from about June on to the end of the season, finishing 17th in MLB with a 4.