One of the regular themes of the 2018 Orioles season is the way that they never content themselves with garden variety failure. They must, as often as possible, fail in such a thorough and convincing way that all hopes for the near future are ground into dust. They were at it again on Tuesday night as they continued their winless year in Canada with an 8-2 loss to the Blue Jays.
Many of the Orioles who are around right now, it must be acknowledged, are placeholders. Somebody must play the games while the team tries to cobble together something better in the farm beneath them.