Baltimore Orioles 2023 Season Preview
It was only a matter of time before the analytics dream team of Mike Elias and Sig Mejdal turned what they were building with the Baltimore Orioles into wins at the MLB level. Baltimore had the largest turnaround in baseball last season, going from a 52-110 record in 2021 to an 89-73 mark in 2022. The Orioles ultimately fell just three games shy of the Tampa Bay Rays for the final Wild Card spot in the American League.
For a team that shaved 268 runs off on the pitching side, hopes are high that 2022 wasn’t just an aberration and will be more of the norm for a team that hasn’t won a playoff series since 2014 and resides in one of the most grueling divisions in baseball. Because the Orioles overachieved by four games from a Pythagorean Win-Loss standpoint, five games per BaseRuns and 4.3 games per 3rd Order Win%, some bettors and analysts may downplay the strides that they made.
I’m here to tell you that I believe that was just the beginning for the Orioles.