Those who have faithfully watched the Orioles this season don’t need any numbers other than 19 and 48 to tell them how woeful the club has been. We’ve seen offensive ineptitude, defensive breakdowns, sub-par pitching, and incredibly creative ways to lose games.
I wanted to dig slightly deeper to find numbers and statistics that help explain why the Orioles have the worst record in Major League Baseball. These numbers confirm what anybody watching games has seen with their two eyes: the 2018 Orioles are not sound in any aspect of the game.
Remember when the Orioles defense was a game-changing facet of their game?