For most of my adult life, the idea of the Orioles having three players who are All-Stars in that season was an unimaginable bounty. Here in 2024, with the O’s having had four a year ago, and following up on their 101-win season of 2023 by playing at a 103-win pace so far, the Orioles having three All-Stars is still fun, but it’s also a familiar feeling of egregious disrespect for Baltimore sports fans. Only three? Really, now.
In the same spirit in which I offered a completely objective analysis of which Orioles to vote for to go to the All-Star Game, let’s take a look at the Orioles players who didn’t end up making the game, compare them to the ones who did, and figure out who was snubbed and who wasn’t.