Hey, have you heard the good news? The Orioles are headed to the playoffs. Woo!
You’ve probably heard the bad news, too. The Orioles won’t be winning the AL East. The Yankees clinched the division with their blowout win over the Birds last night.
So it’s official: the Orioles will be a wild card team. They’ll almost certainly claim the first wild card, though that’s not a done deal yet; they’re three games ahead of the Tigers — who hold the tiebreaker — with three games to play. The O’s just need to avoid getting swept by the Twins this weekend, or hope that the Tigers lose a game in their final series.