Morning, Birdland!
If you have a friend who looks at the standings and says “Whoa, why are the O’s so bad?” sit them down in front of the TV or your preferred streaming device, hand them some snack mix and a can of Coke, and have them watch last night’s 3-2 loss to the White Sox. The way in which this team lost that game is exactly why they are in this situation.
Mark Trumbo is an awful fielder. This is a well-established fact. Buck Showalter spent the pre-game on Tuesday talking up Trey Mancini’s abilities in left field only to replace him in the late innings last night but leave Trumbo in the game.