After a month or so of the Orioles’ season being defined by exceeded expectations and more competitive games, each night becomes a note-checking occasion to update the latest gory details: six straight losses, just two wins in their last 15 and, at 17-29, a .370 winning percentage that’s only matched by their next opponent, the Minnesota Twins.
The 2021 season has been every bit the challenge on the pitching side that it was expected to be, and made worse by the Orioles’ general inexperience and inconsistency in the rotation and in the bullpen.
No one wants to go back to the pandemic year of 2020, but such a drag of a month like they’ve had makes one think back to the alternate training site.