Sometime in the fifth inning, right after Juan Soto and Aaron Judge had hammered nearly identical Grayson Rodriguez changeups over the center-field wall to give the Yankees a 6-1 lead, the normally chipper Kevin Brown offered out of the booth, “It feels like nothing is going well for the O’s right now.”
Yup. The Orioles have lost five games in a row and seven of their last ten. They’re hitting .238 with just 18 runs scored in their last seven games. Their AL East lead is down to decimal points (.002). Call it slumps, call it fatigue, but this team needs a shakeup, and soon.