The Orioles enter the postseason in an unusual position. It's not often a 101-win team is a sentimental favourite among neutral fans who like rooting for the underdog, but at this stage in its climb, Charm City's team is still pretty darn ... charming?
UpdatedBALTIMORE — As his teammates celebrated their AL East championship last week, Baltimore outfielder Austin Hays took a moment to reflect on the Orioles' journey from 110-loss doormat to top seed in the American League playoffs.
Baltimore isn't the favorite in the AL — that's defending champion Houston — and the Orioles don't have much postseason experience. What they do have is a young, athletic roster that has shown remarkable consistency and adaptability throughout the 2023 season. So the Orioles, who lost 110 games in 2021 and still rank 29th in payroll, fit right in. There may be some frustration in Baltimore in the years to come if the team doesn't spend enough to keep these talented players together, but for now the Orioles are an up-and-coming bunch just arriving on the scene — with all the excitement that entails.
Mullins also hit for the cycle back in May. Henderson would have done the same in an August game at Oakland, but needing only a single in the eighth inning, he instead hit a double. For such a young team, the Orioles have had remarkably few big performance swings. They went the whole season without being swept in a series and never lost more than four games in a row. There was concern about the number of innings the young starting pitchers were accumulating, but Kyle Bradish finished third in the AL in ERA and rookie Grayson Rodriguez posted a 2.58 ERA after the All-Star break.
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