Around this time last year, the Orioles came into the All-Star break as one of baseball’s most surprising teams, if not the most surprising team. They’ve done it again in 2023, playing at a 54-35 pace that’s still managing to blow away the adjusted expectations for the team now that no one believed they’d be horrible any more. They’re in with the Rangers, Diamondbacks, Reds, and Marlins as the teams who’ve jumped a lot to get into a postseason position.
Not everything has gone perfectly for the Orioles so far this year. They’ve had their problems that they’ve needed to deal with.