The Orioles are a losing team that seems to be going nowhere in what’s left of the 2020 season. The Mets are a team grasping to pull itself into one of the expanded playoff spots. These teams are so committed to these opposite paths that they pulled off a trade with each other only yesterday, where the Orioles sent Miguel Castro to New York for pitching prospect Kevin Smith, plus a player to be named later or cash.
That much is true, and so is this: These teams will meet about 24 hours after pulling off that trade and the Orioles will bring a better record into that game than the Mets will.