The 2024 Orioles season has 21 games left to be played. Only six of those games will be against teams who currently have below-.500 records. Three of them are lined up this weekend as the Orioles have the Rays come in to Camden Yards.
It’s not nearly as much of a bad team as the Orioles just faced with series against the Rockies and White Sox. The Rays are only barely down in a losing record. This isn’t a cupcake where the O’s can just sleepwalk through it and get anywhere good. I don’t think they’re a team that does this; even when they play badly, it’s just what happens sometimes.