It’s getting late in the 2018 season now. Less than two months remain, and that means the Orioles are going to be getting real familiar with their division rivals. They just took three out of four from the Rays at Camden Yards in the last week of July, and yet here they are in St. Petersburg, Florida to meet up three more times.
The non-waiver trade deadline has passed since that last series, and both clubs look a little different now. The O’s have, obviously, lost Jonathan Schoop, Kevin Gausman and Darren O’Day while adding new faces like Jonathan Villar and Evan Phillips to go along with a slew of minor leaguers.