Following last night’s horrific loss, the Orioles are sitting at 73-80 and effectively out of the playoff race. To be perfectly fair, ESPN does have the Birds playoff chances at 0.1%, but that is one severely rounded figure. Unless you’re Lloyd Christmas, ESPN is saying that the Orioles do not have a chance.
While the Orioles certainly want to stay competitive, it’s time to look forward towards next season. The team seems to have grasped this idea when it comes to the playing time of Austin Hays, but he’s not the only rookie with their service time clocks ticking away while the Orioles sit five and a half games back.