Tonight, a piece of the Orioles’ future — potentially a big piece of the Orioles’ future — made his much-anticipated major league debut.
In a perfect world, Ryan Mountcastle would’ve been welcomed to Baltimore by thousands of raucous, cheering fans at Camden Yards, rather than a sad snippet of pre-recorded crowd noise on the PA system. That didn’t happen, thanks to COVID-19.
And in a perfect world, Mountcastle’s debut would’ve sparked an inspiring, feel-good, victory from a Orioles ball club in desperate need of one.
That also didn’t happen. Because the 2020 Orioles might just be beyond saving.