With 68 games still to be played, the Orioles have already equaled the win total of the 2018 team. Five more wins gets them to the number of wins of last year’s Orioles, and seven gets them to as many as the 2019 O’s mustered - the best full season team of the Mike Elias tenure to date.
Along with this current .500 record, the Orioles are only 3.5 games out of a wild card spot. They have three teams to pass, so it’s not like they can just waltz in even if they pull off a winning streak.