Will the O's Make the Playoffs?

[MDK02]

Yes, we will make it. We’ll win the WC game/series too.

[MijiT88]

I am calling it right now, if the O's call up Gunnar I think we finish the season 89 wins and in the playoffs. We beat the Jays in each of the series we have left with them which will leave them out of it as well. I think Gunnar's bat is going to make the biggest impact on this team the rest of the season.

[ScGO's]

I really want to answer this question a week from now. I'll get back to you

[DrungoHazewood]

36 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

No.

I think they'll be above .500 for the year though which would be insane and nothing to sneeze at.  Missing the playoffs would be a bit sad but if anyone were to be asked back in April if they'd be happy with a team that won more than 81 games but missed a wild card spot, we'd all take it in a minute.  

 

We should go back and find some threads from Labor Day.  They were 21-30 (66 win pace), lost 10-0 to the Mariners, were 14 games out, and just had a crowd of 8,074.  Bet there were a few posts that day asking if .500 was a realistic goal for '23.

[Moose Milligan]

7 minutes ago, DrungoHazewood said:

We should go back and find some threads from Labor Day.  They were 21-30 (66 win pace), lost 10-0 to the Mariners, were 14 games out, and just had a crowd of 8,074.  Bet there were a few posts that day asking if .500 was a realistic goal for '23.

Oh man, this place was fit to be tied for the first month of the season.  And I'm not above it, I was right there, too.  I was trashing this team left and right.

[interloper]

48 minutes ago, wildcard said:

Grayson gets promoted, one of the starters to the pen.

Tyler Wells probably returns to the pen over innings limits

I like both of those scenarios for sure. 

[HelenaEngineer]

Probability question not a yes/no question. I would give them about a 25-30% chance of getting in if Henderson is up soon and Wells is back pitching effectively, either as a starter or reliever in the next 10 days or so.

[NCRaven]

25 minutes ago, ScGO's said:

I really want to answer this question a week from now. I'll get back to you

Want to see how that Houston series goes, eh?

[spleen1015]

I say no. 83-84 wins isn't going to do it and that is where I see them landing.

[OriolesMagic83]

My heart says yes and my head says no.  The teams ahead of the O's are just better than the O's.  Sometime a team's just hot and it's their time.  I feel that Toronto has too much offense and their pitching is just better than the O's.  Seattle has a cupcake schedule.  Tampa looks to be coming back from all their injuries.  If there's one team I can reasonably expect the O's to be better than the rest of the way, it's Tampa. 

I'm going to predict the O's come up just short, 86-76.  I hope I'm wrong.

[Snutchy]

Yep.

They’re gonna promote Gunnar and Grayson.

Brandon will win MOY. 
Adley will win ROY. 

[maybenxtyr]

47 minutes ago, DrungoHazewood said:

We should go back and find some threads from Labor Day.  They were 21-30 (66 win pace), lost 10-0 to the Mariners, were 14 games out, and just had a crowd of 8,074.  Bet there were a few posts that day asking if .500 was a realistic goal for '23.

I admit that I was one of them. They've been better than just about any expectation... except maybe Wildcard. 

[sportsfan8703]

2 hours ago, DrungoHazewood said:

What's it looking like for the last playoff spot, like 88 wins? If the Orioles win 88 games that would be a single year improvement of 36.  In the last 130 years the biggest year-over-year improvement is 35 games by the '98-99 D'Backs who signed Randy Johnson, Steve Finley, Luis Gonzales, Buyng-Hyun Kim, Armando Reynoso, and Todd Stottlemyre in the offseason.

The 1989 Orioles improved by 32.5 games, the 2012 Orioles by 24.  So... odds are long. But youneverknow.

Gregg Olson was on both the 1989 Orioles and the 1999 D'backs.  Anyone got a way to find him, get him here for the stretch run?  I think he's on the Twitter...

Just incredible.  

[RichmondVA Orio]

Yes, but only with the help of injuries to key personnel on competing wildcard teams.

[ScGO's]

4 hours ago, NCRaven said:

Want to see how that Houston series goes, eh?

That's a good tell, but I want to see what roster moves he might make to help the team be more competitive down the stretch