Orioles-Rays series preview: Welcome to Steinbrenner Field

Flip your calendars back to March, Orioles fans, because it’s spring training all over again.

Well, not really. It’s just going to feel like it is. The Orioles will spend the next four nights taking on the Tampa Bay Rays at Steinbrenner Field, the spring training home of the Yankees. The Rays have taken up residence at the 11,026-seat ballpark this season after Hurricane Milton inflicted extensive damage upon their usual home stadium, Tropicana Field, last October. The O’s have played here before — most recently on March 11 — but never in the regular season.

So far, Steinbrenner Field has played as essentially a neutral ballpark, with an exactly league-average 100 Park Factor according to…