After perhaps their best series of the year, the M’s head back out east to face the Orioles. Their last road trip put a serious dent in their playoff odds, so the M’s simply have to do better this time. Lucky for them, their quality of opposition drops noticeably. Instead of the Blue Jays and Rays, they get the Orioles and Rangers before resuming the difficult task of facing the Astros again.
Time has not been kind to the Orioles rebuild. Since the start of 2017, the Os are a combined *202* games below .500. They bottomed out in 2018 at 47-115, but then lost 108 games the very next year.