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The Orioles will try next season to make the playoffs in three consecutive years for only the second time in franchise history and the first since 1969-71.<\/p>\n

The Wild Card lessens the challenge but it remains a daunting task.<\/p>\n

They won only one World Series in that span, beating the Reds in five games in 1970, and aren\u2019t labeled as a dynasty because of the other October failures. The 2025 team, meanwhile, would be viewed in a positive light by advancing past its first playoff round.<\/p>\n

The Orioles are tangled in a 10-game postseason losing streak that dates back to the 2014 ALCS. How can they wiggle free?<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s discuss three of the ways.<\/p>\n

Stay healthy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This isn’t as easy to do as it is to type.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t blow out your elbow. Don\u2019t let bone chips collect in it. Don\u2019t get drilled by a pitch on the hands or head. Don\u2019t strain a lat or get inflammation in your shoulder. Don\u2019t roll your ankle on a base.<\/p>\n

Every team dealt with adversities attached to bad health. The Orioles fought through them to earn the top Wild Card, but the achievement didn\u2019t satisfy. They went .500 in the second half. This wasn’t a division title. Fans didn\u2019t want to hear excuses.<\/p>\n

The reality is that the Orioles would have been a much better club with full seasons out of Kyle Bradish, John Means, Tyler Wells, Grayson Rodriguez, Danny Coulombe, Jordan Westburg, Ram\u00f3n Urias and Ryan Mountcastle. There\u2019s no way to dispute that fact except to vent. And I didn\u2019t include Jorge Mateo, who stopped hitting again but had the ability to influence games with his speed.<\/p>\n

The injured list will be used again, but the Orioles hope to put fewer players on it. Their depth was tested and often praised in 2024 but they\u2019d be wise to sign some veteran starters for Triple-A Norfolk\u2019s roster rather than turn to rookies again or hope to catch another Albert Su\u00e1rez in a bottle.<\/p>\n

Cade Povich and Chayce McDermott can compete for spots in the rotation. They were gambles this year as replacements on a contender.<\/p>\n

The return of F\u00e9lix Bautista.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bautista will be full-go at the start of camp, giving the Orioles a dominant All-Star closer if he\u2019s back to 2023 form.<\/p>\n

That might be a big ask initially.<\/p>\n

Bautista raised the bar to ridiculous heights, even for a man his size. He was 8-2 with a 1.48 ERA, 0.918 WHIP and 110 strikeouts in 61 innings for a 16.2 average per nine frames, and his fastball lived in triple digits. He finished 11th<\/sup>\u00a0in Cy Young voting in the American League and would have garnered more votes if his last pitch wasn\u2019t thrown on Aug. 25.<\/p>\n

Bullpen sessions and live batting practices aren\u2019t the same as facing major league hitters in the regular season. He\u2019ll appear in Grapefruit League games. Still not the same. But at least he can prove that he\u2019s healthy and ready to handle the usual load instead of the Orioles having to use extreme early caution.<\/p>\n

Bautista may not duplicate his All-Star season but coming close to it would be a tremendous boost.<\/p>\n

Stop coming up small in big situations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m talking about runners in scoring position.<\/p>\n

The Orioles kept stalling in the clutch during their second-half plummet. They\u2019d get men on base and fail to move them up or get them in. To say \u201cdo better\u201d takes us back to how it\u2019s not as easy to do.<\/p>\n

Their .251 average with RISP ranked 17th<\/sup>\u00a0in the majors, their .314 on-base percentage was 23rd<\/sup>\u00a0and their .741 OPS was 16th<\/sup>. Their 514 runs scored ranked 15th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

A year earlier, the Orioles ranked first with a .287 average, second with a .356 on-base percentage, first with a .481 slugging percentage and first with an .837 OPS. Their 622 runs scored were second behind the Dodgers\u2019 635.<\/p>\n

The Orioles went 1-for-13 with runners in scoring position in the Wild Card series and left 16 on base. They were outscored 3-1.<\/p>\n

The fifth inning of Game 2 was a prime and painful example. Bases loaded, no outs in a tie game and Anthony Santander pops up, Colton Cowser strikes out on a pitch that fractures his left hand, and Adley Rutschman grounds out.<\/p>\n

It could flip back to 2023 next season. Better luck and a better approach than trying to do too much and abandoning everything that\u2019s preached. The Orioles will have different voices among their hitting coaches. They can\u2019t repeat what happened this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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