We are now 89 games into the 2023 MLB season. We have been thoroughly entertained. The Orioles have again outperformed the national media’s lowly expectations for them. They’re hanging tough in a difficult AL East, just two games back of the slumping Rays, and would be leading every other division but the NL East.
You don’t deliver a stunning team performance like this without some stellar individual efforts. The Orioles just sent four players to the All-Star Game: Adley Rutschman, Austin Hays, Yennier Cano and Félix Bautista. Some of these star performances were expected, some came out of nowhere.