How quickly things can change. Heading into the weekend, Orioles fans were riding high. The team hadn’t lost a series in two weeks, it had just beaten the ever-contending Cardinals, and faced a three-game set with the lowly Tigers. Baseball was once again fun in Charm City. But an unceremonious sweep in Detroit quickly changed that tune. All at once, the fanbase was transported back to this reality where the Orioles remain in the waiting room.
It’s not as if this was news to Orioles fans. They get that the team is going to do the bare minimum at the major league level until the prospects are deemed “ready.