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Oakland A's at Baltimore Orioles series preview: Manny Machado is great, and other tales from Birdland

The Athletics (13-16) visit the Orioles (16-11) for three games at Camden Yards.

The Baltimore Orioles are off to a 16-11 start, including an 11-4 record at Camden Yards. They're coming off a series win against the New York Yankees, including Thursday night's extra innings 1-0 walk off win. The Orioles offense is 2nd in the AL in wRC+ (112), hitting .265/.326/.440. Their 36 home runs is good for third in the AL, the .326 on base percentage second best.

Sometimes I wonder what it's like to have at least one qualified batter producing at least 12 percent better than the league.