The Orioles are only ahead in the AL East by one game, so they’re just going to have to keep on winning.
One more week of the baseball season is down and the Orioles still find themselves in first place atop the AL East. The trade deadline has passed. Teams made their additions, or subtractions, and will be marching on to the end with what they’ve got. In the Orioles’ case, that’s pretty much the same team that put them in first place to begin with.
There are three teams within three games of the AL East lead.