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It has been a tough season for the Baltimore Orioles, who have gone from one of the most promising young franchises in the game to a team surrounded by uncertainty.<\/p>\n
For the last couple of years, the Orioles have been one of the best teams in baseball. A lengthy rebuild resulted in many good young players, and they started to thrive in recent campaigns.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, playoff success didn\u2019t come from the core over the past two seasons, and it certainly won\u2019t be happening this year.<\/p>\n
Baltimore has shockingly been one of the worst teams in the league so far, and with no light at the end of the tunnel, they likely won\u2019t be\u00a0turning it around soon.<\/p>\n
Kerry Miller of Bleacher Report\u00a0recently wrote about the Orioles being the biggest disappointment in baseball so far this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo one could have imagined the Orioles would be battling the White Sox and Pirates for best odds in the 2026 draft lottery,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
Even though they don\u2019t have the worst record in baseball, Baltimore was a team that had some high expectations heading into the year. While the Colorado Rockies might end up being one of the worst teams of all time, they were at least supposed to be bad.<\/p>\n
When looking at the Orioles coming into the campaign, there was reason to be concerned about the starting rotation after losing Corbin Burnes in free agency. The team didn\u2019t adequately replace him this winter, leaving a void at the top of the rotation.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, the unit suffered a couple of early injuries to their top two starters Zach Eflin and Grayson Rodriguez. Baltimore was certainly expecting these two to help lead the rotation, but Rodriguez has yet to pitch this year, and Eflin has missed quite a bit of time.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, while the rotation has taken a lot of the blame for the struggles, the lineup for the team also hasn\u2019t performed up to their abilities for the most part.<\/p>\n
This was one of the best offenses in the entire league last year, and while they lost the slugging power of Anthony Santander, there was still a lot of talent for the unit.<\/p>\n
Now with the team well under the .500 mark, they will almost\u00a0certainly be sellers at the trade deadline. Despite the struggles, there are some\u00a0appealing assets\u00a0that they might look to move and try to regroup for next season.<\/p>\n
However, the franchise has to be extremely disappointed with how they have performed in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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