A Tuesday rainout in Chicago meant the Orioles' April came to a somewhat merciful end, with a season that began so promisingly with series wins in New York and Toronto making the subsequent descent into reality seem a bit steeper.
Only this year, a losing April didn't drop the hopeful Orioles out of the playoff contention they saw for themselves in 2018. Expectations are far more modest this year, publicly and privately, so they're really just over a month into a six-month test of who can get better individually, and by how much.
By those measures, it's been mixed as well.