Even with what seems like half the league left unsigned, the 2018 season really is starting to draw close. It’s projection season in earnest, with the PECOTA projections having been released and with all of Dan Szymborski’s ZiPS projections also available to the public. We’ve gone over the projections of the Yankees’ other three division rivals, leaving only the Orioles.
The Orioles made the playoffs three times from 2012 to 2016 but fell to last place in the AL East last year at 75-87 in 2017.