How Good Are the 2023 Baltimore Orioles ???
 

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I believe that the question of whether or not the 2023 Baltimore Orioles are for real has been answered ........ the question is, HOW REAL are these 2023 Birds ???


They are almost unquestionably as good as last year's solid, 83-79 team, who had a winning season in spite of being in the best division in baseball AND having had to play an unbalanced schedule in which almost half of their games (76) were against those intra-division rivals.


But are the Orioles about as good as last year's team, which would make them about an 86 or 87-win team with the easier, balanced schedule ???


Are the Orioles a little better than last year's team, which would make them about an 89 or 90-win team, and have them sitting on the playoff bubble ???


Or are the Orioles about a 94 or 95-win team, which would make them a bona-fide contender for an American League championship ???


Stayed tuned to find out, and buckle up and get ready to have some fun with these Birds ...... at the very least, they have made things interesting with their "style" of victories, more than half of which (14 out of 25) have been the come-from behind variety.

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The 6 Teams That Are Unexpected MLB Contenders in 2023

(ESPN News)

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...angers-red-sox



1) l TAMPA BAY D-RAYS

2) l BALTIMORE ORIOLES

3) l TEXAS RANGERS

4) l ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS

5) l BOSTON RED SOX

6) l PITTSBURGH PIRATES

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(JUNE 15th)


The Orioles have not been swept in a series since l Adley Rutschman l was still playing down at AAA-Norfolk ...... that was 13 months ago, in May of 2022.

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(STRANGE, BUT TRUE)



The first Orioles-Yankee game that I ever went to was at Yankee Stadium, in 1977. ) The score of that game was 14-2, in favor of the Yankees.


https://www.baseball-reference.com/b...97707280.shtml



The most recent Orioles-Yankee game that I went to was last night, at Yankee Stadium. ) The score of the score of the game was 14-1, in favor of the Orioles.


https://www.baseball-reference.com/b...02307060.shtml

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Hope you saw the homer run derby, the kid with the O’s hit them from both sides of the plate. Wow

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In 76 Plate Appearances with the New York Yankees this season, l Aaron Hicks l OPS'd .524 ...... in 187 Plate Appearances with the Baltimore Orioles this season, Aaron Hicks has OPS'd .860. The proverbial icing on this cake for the Birds is the fact that the Yankees are paying Hicks $10.3 Million for this season, while the Orioles are paying him $480,000.



Orioles’ Aaron Hicks Tallies 3 Hits, 2 Runs

(RotoWire Staff)

https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/ba...hits-two-runs/

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A good faith move on the part of the Orioles ...... their star relief pitcher will be out for the entire 2024 season and part of the 2025 season, yet they still signed him to an extension for more money than they had to give him.



Orioles Make Felix Bautista Contract Extension Move After Tommy John Surgery Announcement

(By Nick Meyer)

https://clutchpoints.com/orioles-new...y-announcement

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My team didnt make the plyoffs, Im going to band wagon with the Orioles.

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In the regular season, the Orioles did better than I thought, winning 101 games and the AL East title.

In the post-season, the Texas Rangers thoroughly kicked their asses.

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Orioles GM Mike Elias Named MLB Executive of the Year After Unprecedented 101-Win Season

(By Jacob Calvin Meyer)

https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/...ufe-story.html

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