Let’s get the obvious out of the way first: The Cleveland Indians are a better baseball team than the Baltimore Orioles. The Indians starting rotation, despite a variety of ineffective and injured pitchers, is among the best in the American League. They have the best bullpen ERA of any MLB team. Even what had been a struggling offense is showing new signs of life in June as some of the poor performers have been shuffled out for younger talent. They’re averaging almost 5.5 runs scored per game for the month.
Cleveland will surely be glad to see the Orioles again.