If there’s one thing that can be said about the 2019 regular season schedule, it’s this: The Orioles are going to get punched in the face right away. Starting the season on the road against the Yankees and then having the third series of the year for the O’s home opener against these same Yankees isn’t the worst way to start, but it’s pretty close.
Lest we forget, the Yankees won 100 games last season. This still left them eight games shy of the American League East crown, something that calls for the playing of a tiny violin.