BALTIMORE -- The 2018 season is not one anyone associated with the Orioles will remember fondly. But as this year's last-place club marches to a dubious mark, the O's have used the season's final month to promote young players, evaluate them and try to find the positive.
There was no silver lining on Wednesday. Instead, the 10-0 drubbing by Oakland was a stark reminder of how the O's got here in the first place -- and how much work they still need to do in all facets of the game to be competitive.
Baltimore, which saw starter Andrew Cashner fail to make it out of the third inning, recorded just one hit, suffering its 11th defeat in 12 games as it dropped to 41-104.