Good morning, Birdland!
It feels like there is some panic setting in among the Orioles’ faithful, and it’s not entirely unwarranted. The O’s lost to the Guardians 9-8 on Friday night, a brutal defeat in which the O’s pitching staff coughed up three different leads. And it wasn’t just the bullpen. Dean Kremer was poor, Danny Coulombe had a bad showing, and Yennier Cano was a disaster. Some ugly defense along the way didn’t help.
The Orioles’ play over the last ~two weeks has been uneven. After starting September on fire they then lost five out of six in a stretch against the Red Sox, Cardinals, Rays.