As we all well know, the 2016 Orioles team ended their season against the Blue Jays in the Wild Card Game. The 2017 Orioles, who are, with a small number of exceptions, the same people as the 2016 team, will get their season started at home today against Toronto. Let’s hope it goes a little better this time around.
The two teams were rather evenly matched last year. They each won 89 games. The one playoff game between the two of them took into extra innings to settle. Here they are again.
The PECOTA projection system is notorious among Orioles fans for its low win projections for the Orioles.