With the Orioles tucked safely in the Midwest this weekend, the team's heavy contingent of native and converted Floridians is monitoring weather forecasts and concerned for their family and properties there as Hurricane Irma is set to make landfall there.
"Not a whole lot you can do, which is the worst feeling," closer Zach Britton, who makes his offseason home in Sarasota, Fla., said. "It's completely out of your control. Mother Nature will let us know in a couple days. ...
"But it's just stressful for everybody. A lot of players in the major leagues live in Florida.