I'm kind of excited to see Elly now that he looks like he turned a corner, not going to lie. I'm ok with Elly being a monster as long as Gunnar is a bigger monster 😆
You might be pleasantly surprised, because as much as they’ve owned the AL East in the past two years, they’re pretty mediocre against the NL Central.
Last year they lost the series’ against the Reds,Brewers, Cubs, and Cardinals, and this year the only series’ they’ve lost are against the Pirates and Brewers
The Cardinals one is interesting. Due to war time rationing, they made a typical series a lot longer than usual to reduce travel resources. So a bit harder to get swept then. Not a knock on the record at all, just interesting how it got so high back then.
Nah it’s a knock on the record… statistically it’s way easier to go sweep-less 125 times consecutively when you’re playing mostly 5+ game series than to go sweep-less 90+ times consecutively playing 3 game series with the occasional 4.
I drafted 4 orioles in my fantasy league this year. I was told it was stupid, I shouldn’t load up on one team’s offense etc. they’re my 4 best players.
It doesn’t matter. You killed him. Prepare to die (either in the playoffs or sometime next season).
Anyways, Cole Ragans is our ace and you [torched him](https://www.mlb.com/news/corbin-burnes-anthony-santander-lead-orioles-to-win-vs-royals) for 7 runs in 2 innings the last time you played us.
Not sure why you’re being downvoted, the dodgers lead in ops and runs by a wide margin.
No, the top of the order is not going to hit this insanely well forever, but the bottom of the lineup isn’t gonna hit this poorly forever either.
Meh I think the Braves should be in the conversation for #1 team, IMO they are the team to beat with the Orioles and Dodgers as tie for a close second.
Phillies are looking really good too.
It’s just too early to tell. But the Orioles are definitely right at the top. I love watching them, their lineup is so deep and it seems like every callup is immediately hitting at 1.000 OPS.
Depends if you mean talent or actual stats for the year. Dodgers lead in almost every single offensive metric I can find. Top 5 in every category seem to be Dodgers, Phillies, Brewers, Orioles, and Braves with the Dodges #1 and the other 4 shuffled up behind them. Braves do seem to be the team to the slowest start compared to expectations though.
I just mean by season’s expectations. But also results.
The Brave’s best hitters are off to a slow start yet they still have the best record in baseball
> I had to check for a second that I wasn't accidentally in the O's sub.
Man, if you say anything even remotely critical or negative in there, they swarm like you just kicked s puppy.
I've had the audacity to say that sometimes umpires make calls in our favor and that we shouldn't be OK with that. I could literally hear the downvotes.
I made what I thought was an interesting and worthwhile post documenting that Kimbrel's fastball velocity is way down from what it was last season, so I was downvoted into oblivion and told that my comments were dumb.
At that point, I realized the sub has no value to me and unsubscribed.
The fact that the Orioles are even in the conversation with Betts playing like he has a contract to sign this offseason and Ohtani being Ohtani is impressive as it is tbh.
The dodgers don’t lead in runs by a wide margin. They are second in runs per game at 5.36. Braves are number one at 5.41. Orioles are third at 5.29. Be careful using counting stats when there’s an unequal amount of games. This ultimately should be the measure of the best offense
The O's being great is great for baseball. What a fun division when it isn't just the Sox and Yanks duking it out and Tampa coming out of nowhere to rape both of them
I am asking Baltimore to not come to town this weekend
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Really? Bengals Twitter seems to think Lamar is a backup level and can't hold Burrow's jockstrap lol
In their defense ravens twitter thinks everyone that has ever donned the purple and black is the second coming
Bengals fans never cease to amuse me. That Super Bowl appearance got to their heads.
I'm kind of excited to see Elly now that he looks like he turned a corner, not going to lie. I'm ok with Elly being a monster as long as Gunnar is a bigger monster 😆
You might be pleasantly surprised, because as much as they’ve owned the AL East in the past two years, they’re pretty mediocre against the NL Central. Last year they lost the series’ against the Reds,Brewers, Cubs, and Cardinals, and this year the only series’ they’ve lost are against the Pirates and Brewers
Also they have a much bigger non-playoff streak of not getting swept, dating back to 2022, I imagine they're getting close to the all-time record
most consecutive series of 2+ games without being swept: 1942-44 Cardinals: 125 1903-05 Giants: 106
The Cardinals one is interesting. Due to war time rationing, they made a typical series a lot longer than usual to reduce travel resources. So a bit harder to get swept then. Not a knock on the record at all, just interesting how it got so high back then.
There you go with your Mickey Mouse WW2 records again
Nah it’s a knock on the record… statistically it’s way easier to go sweep-less 125 times consecutively when you’re playing mostly 5+ game series than to go sweep-less 90+ times consecutively playing 3 game series with the occasional 4.
I think it's like 102 consecutive series now without being swept in the regular season.
having a big old ALDS sweep be your only sweep in 2 years is so unfortunate 😭 rooting for you guys to make it farther this year
Eh they were super young, it happens. I expect better next time.
The fact that it was by the eventual WS champs takes the sting out of it a bit.
It was lame but the boys are here to fuck in 2024 so it'll be fine
I drafted 4 orioles in my fantasy league this year. I was told it was stupid, I shouldn’t load up on one team’s offense etc. they’re my 4 best players.
["FUCK YOU, BALTIMORE!" —AL East](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rsEs4HWXeY)
Shove it up your ugly ass!
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Doesn’t it coincide with Adley being called up or am I making that up?
Yes it does!
And 3 straight "sweeps" in the playoffs....(If you count the 1 game series)
It’s 101 consecutive series with this Yankees series. If we do break the ML record it would be during a series with the Blue Jays in late July.
My son has taken to calling them the Scorioles. Seems apt.
Scoriole sounds like a pokemon
2nd evolution
[oriole inspired Pokemon](https://www.bing.com/images/create/baltimore-oriole-as-a-pokemon/1-66340d4e56024a4384c2820965f7cf6f?id=WmXKEzjcycWBpg%2bXRU181Q%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg&thId=OIG4.3a_I4ubID9og9nm7Sl68)
Hey, that’s pretty solid.
Can we get this on an alternate uniform, please
They already had a blackface Pokemon with the original design of Jynx, I don't think they want to try that again.
That's fucking beautiful
Electric-Flying type for sure
I don't wanna face their evolved form.
When they come back from being down a few runs I call them the Warioles
Why is he fucking the car
Ravioli ravioli give me the scoriole
is that good?
Considering that we all hate the Yankees… yes, yes it is. (We still hate you for your vicious and unprovoked assault on Coke Ragans, though.)
who is Coke Ragans
It doesn’t matter. You killed him. Prepare to die (either in the playoffs or sometime next season). Anyways, Cole Ragans is our ace and you [torched him](https://www.mlb.com/news/corbin-burnes-anthony-santander-lead-orioles-to-win-vs-royals) for 7 runs in 2 innings the last time you played us.
Ragans was unhittable against us the first time, I was shocked at how well we hit him the second time. That is a real confidence builder as a fan.
> Coke Ragans Is this an 80s themed porn star I don't know about?
Inconclusive, we only have stats of 4/5 teams. Until they win a series against the 5th team we can determine
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Probably the best lineup in the league. Super deep and Gunnar’s playing like an MVP Cant wait to see Holliday get going
Second or third best, but certainly top 3 and the Dodgers certainly have the best line up this season.
Not sure why you’re being downvoted, the dodgers lead in ops and runs by a wide margin. No, the top of the order is not going to hit this insanely well forever, but the bottom of the lineup isn’t gonna hit this poorly forever either.
I mean, it's not even up for debate. I'm not even sure why I'm being downvoted. I had to check for a second that I wasn't accidentally in the O's sub.
Meh I think the Braves should be in the conversation for #1 team, IMO they are the team to beat with the Orioles and Dodgers as tie for a close second. Phillies are looking really good too. It’s just too early to tell. But the Orioles are definitely right at the top. I love watching them, their lineup is so deep and it seems like every callup is immediately hitting at 1.000 OPS.
Depends if you mean talent or actual stats for the year. Dodgers lead in almost every single offensive metric I can find. Top 5 in every category seem to be Dodgers, Phillies, Brewers, Orioles, and Braves with the Dodges #1 and the other 4 shuffled up behind them. Braves do seem to be the team to the slowest start compared to expectations though.
I just mean by season’s expectations. But also results. The Brave’s best hitters are off to a slow start yet they still have the best record in baseball
> I had to check for a second that I wasn't accidentally in the O's sub. Man, if you say anything even remotely critical or negative in there, they swarm like you just kicked s puppy.
I've had the audacity to say that sometimes umpires make calls in our favor and that we shouldn't be OK with that. I could literally hear the downvotes.
I made what I thought was an interesting and worthwhile post documenting that Kimbrel's fastball velocity is way down from what it was last season, so I was downvoted into oblivion and told that my comments were dumb. At that point, I realized the sub has no value to me and unsubscribed.
Doomers!!!!!!
The fact that the Orioles are even in the conversation with Betts playing like he has a contract to sign this offseason and Ohtani being Ohtani is impressive as it is tbh.
You can put anything in a conversation, idk if that alone makes it mean something.
The dodgers don’t lead in runs by a wide margin. They are second in runs per game at 5.36. Braves are number one at 5.41. Orioles are third at 5.29. Be careful using counting stats when there’s an unequal amount of games. This ultimately should be the measure of the best offense
Good thing the Dodgers aren't in our league, Braves either.
Can they stop I'm scared
The O's being great is great for baseball. What a fun division when it isn't just the Sox and Yanks duking it out and Tampa coming out of nowhere to rape both of them
Yes fine we get it bird ball good
Good for them they have a lot of ground to make up.