Jon Meoli: Early deficits are sinking the Orioles. This month might sink the season.
This year’s team has now trailed by four or more runs in 17.9% of their plate appearances, matching a mark set by the dreadful 2019 Orioles.
Inside the Dugout: Cedric Mullins offers reason for hope
Cedric Mullins’ standout first month feels like the one true bright spot of the Orioles’ sluggish start.
Jon Meoli: Are the Orioles’ offensive struggles really the same as last year’s?
A look at how they’re doing hitting lefties, relying on the home run and with runners on second and third.
Jon Meoli: Don’t let the Orioles’ sloppy defense off the hook in this slow start
The Orioles’ inconsistent defense is starting to feel like a problem. Though, to be fair, there are several.
Inside the Dugout: How we got here with the Orioles’ pitching crisis
The Orioles’ pitching woes are the type they ultimately would like to be able to solve internally.
Jon Meoli: Even if the Orioles get past this slow start, will fans follow suit?
Some things truly are hard to get over. And, based on the first three weeks of the season, this slow start might be harder to overcome off the field than on it.
Jon Meoli: If the Orioles believe they’re better than this, they better start showing it
They don’t look like they believe they’re very good right now, and they haven’t given anyone watching many reasons to join them in that belief.
Inside the Dugout: The Orioles’ highs and lows so far
It’s just early in this season, for a team that — as hard as it may be to believe — is different from last year’s.
Jon Meoli: Four takeaways from the Orioles’ minor league rosters
The break-camp rosters, which feature all the full-season prospects’ destinations to start the season, are out now and feature plenty of notable names from recent drafts.
Inside the Dugout: First time through the rotation
The first trip through the Orioles’ rotation is basically whatever you want it to be.
Jon Meoli: Like Félix Bautista, ‘it might take a while’ for these Orioles to be at their best
This is still a really good team, and they’re going to win more games than they’ll lose even before the reinforcements arrive.
Jon Meoli: For the Orioles, expectations have redefined what’s considered ‘good enough’
It feels worthless to write off this entire season as prologue and declare that all we’ll really be measuring the Orioles on is whether they fare better in the playoffs than they have the last two years.
Inside the Dugout: Why I’m bullish on the Orioles offense
The Orioles are probably going to be a platoon-heavy outfit again.
Jon Meoli: The value the ‘middle children’ of the Orioles’ rebuild still bring
They are some combination of overlooked and undervalued, but they’re reliable and now experienced contributors to a team that has perennial playoff aspirations.
Jon Meoli: Coby Mayo is right that returning to Triple-A has its pitfalls. There’s upside, too.
Without any kind of place for Mayo on the Orioles’ opening day roster, this feels a lot more like a case of delayed gratification than grave misjustice.
Inside the Dugout: Early returns from the Orioles’ offseason signings
It seems like at least where the Orioles’ free agent additions are concerned, things are largely going according to plan.
Inside the Dugout: Revisiting the Orioles’ starting rotation
There‘s a lot to consider as the Orioles prepare to open the season without Grayson Rodriguez.
Jon Meoli: Dean Kremer knows what he brings to the Orioles’ rotation. And they’re going to need it.
It shouldn’t take a crisis, real or perceived, for the value of someone like Kremer to be apparent.
Jon Meoli: Fighting the urge to worry about the Orioles’ spring injuries
I just have a feeling that this is going to be a wall-of-worry situation, where the obstacles and reasons for the Orioles to falter keep piling up and they push higher anyway.
Inside the Dugout: Will Gunnar Henderson get even better?
The forecasts are for Henderson to be in the same neighborhood as last year in some senses, but not all.