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Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images While the lineup and bullpen thrive, Baltimore’s starters are holding back a team with playoff aspirations The Orioles have surged in the season’s first month-and-a-half thanks to an offense capable of scoring in all sorts of ways and a bullpen with a Rolodex of reliable names Brandon Hyde can count on. But if this team is going to … [Read more...] about The Orioles rotation is improved but remains in need of an upgrade

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images Based on their record, the Angels should be a bit of a respite in the middle of the gauntlet. But looks can be deceiving. It feels like everything that has been written lately about the Orioles has been viewed through the lens of their current stretch of 22 games against winning teams. The Orioles have knocked out three of the … [Read more...] about Orioles-Angels series preview: The Trout and Ohtani show arrives in Baltimore

It’s Sho-Time at the Yard. | David Richard-USA TODAY Sports Get ready for high heat, as Shohei Ohtani and Grayson Rodriguez face off on the mound tonight. The Los Angeles Angels are coming to town, and that means two things: 1) Two of the biggest stars in the game, and 2) .500-level play. Sometimes I wonder if being an Angels fan would be even more frustrating than … [Read more...] about Monday night Orioles game thread: vs. Angels, 6:35 ET

Tonight’s starting pitcher, hitting a 456-foot tank on a night he also went 4-for-5. Unreal. | Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports Shohei Ohtani was such a beast as a hitter, it didn’t much matter that the Birds scored five runs off of him as a pitcher. Tonight was a wild one. It is with mixed emotions that I report that Shohei Ohtani is as much of a freak as advertised. … [Read more...] about Ohtani nearly hits for cycle in his own start as Halos tag all of Grayson Rodriguez’s mistakes, 9-5