Teams better not let the Orioles…

[Ohfan67]

Face their weakest bullpen arms. So far the Orioles have done a good job beating up on the weak relief pitchers. I love it. In past, I would get so frustrated when it seemed like most of the lineup would let the weak bullpen arms escape. It was like the Oriole hitters would press/rush and end up having poor at bats and doing something dumb like pop up the first pitch. I hope the lineup continues to feast on the weakest links. I want to see the opponents bullpen in shambles after the Orioles finish a series with them. 

[sevastras]

While this is a random thread, I will say I have enjoyed the Os taking quality at bats and working counts. It is something we all talked about for the last decade plus with past teams not working counts and Boston and Yankees worked counts all day. 

[LA2]

Leading all of the MLB in OBP (.357) and their 78 walks in 16 games is behind only the Mets and Dodgers. OPS+ second only to the Rays, who clearly benefitted from playing 13 of their 16 games vs. very weak teams.

[Just Regular]

33 minutes ago, LA2 said:

Leading all of the MLB in OBP (.357) and their 78 walks in 16 games is behind only the Mets and Dodgers. OPS+ second only to the Rays, who clearly benefitted from playing 13 of their 16 games vs. very weak teams.

It is a very Twilight Zone vibe to look at this sorted chart after 10% of the season.    WIthout looking it up I'm guessing the best Buck teams maybe flirted with middle of the pack OBP.

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&season=2023&month=0&season1=2023&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2023-01-01&enddate=2023-12-31&sort=13,d

The team has an OBP-driven 807 OPS, and the Rays aren't going to outslug the other 29 Clubs by 100 points as the pitching they face starts inching towards league average.     

I wonder if we can slug .550 against Nationals and Tigers pitching....we'll see this next week.