As baseball’s second half kicks into full gear today, let’s take just one more look back at everything that’s happened so far. Here’s the first half’s final round of power rankings, complete with the game or moment that best summarizes each team’s performance from the first few months of 2018. Onward!
30. Baltimore Orioles (28–69)
Second-Half Outlook: Does “one of the worst teams in recent memory, potentially one of the worst of all time, but now without their best player” sound good to you?
Defining First-Half Moment: The Orioles’ defense has been amazingly, historically terrible—Zach Kram at The Ringer has the definitive piece on the subject here—and so please enjoy this box-score selection, featuring three consecutive plate appearances from a June 2 loss to the Yankees.