It’s never smart to overreact to small sample sizes. We have decades of baseball data to tell us as much. But that does not change the fact that the Orioles have felt different—more exciting—over the last week compared to the previous month.
The Orioles are 6-3 over their last nine games. In the five weeks preceding that, they were 12-18. While correlation might not equal causation, the roster transformation that has taken place recently cannot be ignored as at least a contributing factor to the turnaround.
O’s GM Mike Elias used the trade deadline (and the surrounding days) to overhaul a team that was clearly starting to lag.