10% of the season

[wildcard]

O's on pace for 90+ wins.    Which is close to what happened after Adley joined the team last year (89 win pace).  One dropped ball away from 100 win pace.  Tampa on pace for 140 wins.

940 run pace.   But the O's are on pace for to give up 870 runs.

Mountcastle on pace for 60 homers, 200 RBI and 200 strikeouts.

Mateo and Mullins on pace for 80 steals.

 

[SteveA]

And tied with the Guardians for the #3 wild card spot.

[Frobby]

The teams we have played so far are a collective 29-34 when not playing the Orioles.   

[Moose Milligan]

Yeah, I don't think anyone thinks that this is a 90 win team as currently constructed.  Not with the pitching issues this team has.

 

[wildcard]

12 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Yeah, I don't think anyone thinks that this is a 90 win team as currently constructed.  Not with the pitching issues this team has.

 

I do.   The pitching will get straighten out.

[Moose Milligan]

1 minute ago, wildcard said:

I do.   The pitching will get straighten out.

wildcard, if you could find some shred of hope to think that this team would win 120 games, you'd believe it.

[Frobby]

14 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Yeah, I don't think anyone thinks that this is a 90 win team as currently constructed.  Not with the pitching issues this team has.

 

I don’t know what this team is yet.  The pitching will probably get better, the hitting will probably fall off its current torrid pace.   I don’t really feel any different about this team now than I did on opening day.  There’s a wide range of possibilities.  They’re fun to watch, though.   

[Frobby]

Mateo is on pace for a 12 rWAR season, to merely 9 rWAR for Adley.   

[Moose Milligan]

6 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Mateo is on pace for a 12 rWAR season, to merely 9 rWAR for Adley.   

Mateo for MVP.  That'd be better than Cal's '91 season, IIRC.

[Bemorewins]

Two weeks or so in, our offense appears to be real. Maybe not this good, but maybe? (Gunnar, Santander, and Mullins before the weekend we’re all ice cold. Though I don’t expect Adley to have this high of an OBP or for Mateo to be this good). 
 

But when looking at things, this is the team or at least offense that we were constructed to be. (With the draft approach the last five years.) We will continue to be an elite offense for the immediate future, especially with all of the elite hitting prospects still yet to break into the Majors.

Now pitching that’s another story, we will definitely experience improvement because let’s be honest it would be hard for us to be much worse. 2 quality starts in 16 games! But how much improvement will come organically and how much will need to be acquired?

I like the possibilities of our bullpen especially with returning players from injury and if the Ynoa can be a true 8th inning guy.

[foxfield]

I think @Frobby had it right above.  I think there are a wild variance of what this team can be and ultimately it is going to come down to how well it pitches.  The Offense isn't going to necessarily stay this hot.  But I would also say that while Mateo is on fire and will likely cool off, I think Gunnar will heat up.  Overall, I love what this team is doing offensively and as people get hot and others cool off, I am pretty optimistic on the offensive potential.

I also think the defense will settle in and be what we expected.

Pitching is what is going to determine whether this team is a 90+ game winning team or a 75 game winning team.

Early signs are conflicting.  We should have a much better idea of what this team is at the 50 game mark IMHO.

[Hazmat]

2 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

Yeah, I don't think anyone thinks that this is a 90 win team as currently constructed.  Not with the pitching issues this team has.

 

It could be worse.  We could have the White Sox's bullpen.

[AlbNYfan]

Just an oddity..10% of the season done and the Rays have only played 3 games in outdoor facilities. They're are killing it, but

[Frobby]

13 minutes ago, AlbNYfan said:

Just an oddity..10% of the season done and the Rays have only played 3 games in outdoor facilities. They're are killing it, but

With the schedule they had early, they could have won playing on the moon!  But, credit to them for taking full advantage of their opportunity.  

[Too Tall]

Trying to extrapolate anything at the ten percent mark is really reaching for a star. Fun but useless. Fun, because we haven't had much to reach for at this point recently. Useless because this is a SSS. See last year at the ten percent mark.

Now, if we can get to a point where we have decent pitching ............  Because I think we have the offensive weapons/depth to hang with anyone.