Call me a hopeless optimist, but things are going better for the 2019 Orioles than I feared coming into the season. Yep, I got it: it’s a rebuilding year. The Baltimore faithful are not to hope for playoffs, high-profile slots on Sunday Night Baseball or even moderate success against hated division rivals. Our GM describes winning this year as “not strategically relevant.” After spring training, when none of the likes of Austin Hays, Anthony Santander, Yusniel Díaz, Chance Sisco, Cody Carroll, Evan Phillips, or Tanner Scott made the 25-man roster, I’d just about written off the season.
One month in, a glass half-full take on the season so far
