The Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles have both gotten off to slow starts. Washington is 9-13, while the O’s are 9-12. The slow start isn’t totally unsurprising for a young Nationals team struggling to come out of a rebuild. However, the Orioles are a team that has World Series aspirations, so panic is in the air in Baltimore.
I wanted to understand why things have gone wrong in Baltimore. For that, I talked to Mark Brown, the managing editor of the Orioles SB Nation page, Camden Chat. Here is what he had to say.
Q: What is going on with the Orioles and why are they struggling?