How many games will the Orioles win in 2021?

[Frobby]

OK, time to weigh in!    Poll closes at game time Thursday.   

[MurphDogg]

It is tough to lose 100 games. There is talent on this team and they seem committed to not giving Chris Davis any at-bats, I would be more surprised by 56 wins than 72 wins.

[NCRaven]

Going out on a limb with 71-75.  There's lots of interesting guys.  And the team could get better as the season goes on, especially the pitching.

Edit:  I was excited to see that 20% agreed with me.  Then I realized that only 5 votes were in and I was the 20%. 

 

[MurphDogg]

1 minute ago, NCRaven said:

Going out on a limb with 71-75.  There's lots of interesting guys.  And the team could get better as the season goes on, especially the pitching.

Edit:  I was excited to see that 20% agreed with me.  Then I realized that only 5 votes were in and I was the 20%. 

As orange tinted as my glasses are, I couldn't quite get there. I put the over/under at 69 wins (nice!). Of course, I don't think I have ever set my personal over/under below the Vegas over under (64.5 this year). I am still an optimist.

[eddie83]

67-95.
 

Brutal division and pitching issues. I think we will see stretches where things are ugly and other times we are fun to watch. Just in general I hope the pitching allows the games to be competitive. I honestly don’t know about the arms the second half of the year. It could get worse or better. I hope to see some of the guys at AAA but we can’t assume it will all pan out.
 

I think carrying all these arms early will allow them to be competitive out of the gate. The lack of depth worries me as the year goes on.   

[Just Regular]

Joe Trezza predicted 51.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wild-episode-1675-season-preview-series-dodgers-and-orioles/

He also had the tidbit our DR complex is modeled on the Indians one, and is basically right next door.

I do worry a little about 0-21 adjacent stuff happening until some of the better players start to mix in, but at the same time 13 of the first 16 are against Red Sox, Rangers, Mariners teams I think we're competitive with even while we're handcuffing ourselves.   66-70 is my vote.

[Ripken]

64-98

[eddie83]

3 minutes ago, OrioleDog said:

Joe Trezza predicted 51.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wild-episode-1675-season-preview-series-dodgers-and-orioles/

He also had the tidbit our DR complex is modeled on the Indians one, and is basically right next door.

I do worry a little about 0-21 adjacent stuff happening until some of the better players start to mix in, but at the same time 13 of the first 16 are against Red Sox, Rangers, Mariners teams I think we're competitive with even while we're handcuffing ourselves.   66-70 is my vote.

He must think the team ERA will be. 6.50 

[Sports Guy]

I think somewhere between 64-68...I think 60 wins is their realistic floor and 73 is their realistic ceiling.

 

For this poll, I am going 61-65.

[Redskins Rick]

Go big or home home. LOL

 Going to dream big, no fun in predicting failure and be right about it.

[rudyrooster]

64 wins.

[Moose Milligan]

63 wins or so.  

One thing I will say about Hyde, his teams fight.  They get their brains beat in one day and come back the next like nothing happened. And you've got a lot of young guys on this team with something to prove.  This is not a group of veterans mailing it in like the 2018 team.  

[Chuck A]

I'm thinking 66.  Tough start but improvement through the summer as hopefully some pitching prospects make their first impressions (Lowther, Baumann, the Aussie Wells).

 

[survivedc]

I also went 66-70, the early schedule is a little more friendly and there will be a lot of fresh arms filtered in and out, and I think the team will be competitive again in august and September.

Side note: May 11th through July doesn’t look like much fun, except the privilege of booing the Astros for a few days.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

I'll say 71-91 with the team playing above .500 in August and September.