It can be difficult, if not impossible, to draw many conclusions from spring training, especially when your favorite team’s local TV network broadcasts just two games the entire pre-season. In that case, a fanbase must wait until the games actually count before they can craft any type of analysis and corresponding overreactions.
Now that the 2021 Orioles have played three total regular season games—against what may prove to be a legitimately bad Red Sox team, no less—let’s talk takeaways.
The starting rotation might actually be OK
There was understandable concern that beyond John Means the Orioles starting pitchers were going to struggle to hold things together and keep games close.