Things really started to feel different when this happened
Brendan Mortensen
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Brendan Mortensen
@BrendanMorty
Joined June 2013
- Adley Rutschman doesn't even have 60 MLB games under his belt
- The Orioles have played 85 games this season Gunnar, Adley, Westy, Cowser and Holliday have been in the lineup together six times. Six.
- The Orioles did not have to trade ANY of their top 5 prospects to get one of the best pitchers in baseball
- so it would appear that folks are excited about Hawaiian shirt night
- Cumulative bWAR of drafted players since 2019: 1. Orioles: 29.8 2. Orioles w/o each draft's first pick: 17.5 3. Yankees: 13.6 4. Blue Jays: 7.5 5. Rays: 1.6 6. Red Sox: -0.8
- may I present the funniest part of this prep
05:14The O's have been the best drafting team in baseball since 2019. @BrendanMorty takes a look at Baltimore's unprecedented success in the MLB Draft. - The Orioles and Diamondbacks are the only teams in baseball to have their top two picks from 2019, 2020, and 2021 reach the majors. Arizona's picks have combined for a 7.4 bWAR. The O's have combined for 27 bWARThe Orioles’ first two picks from the 2019, 2020, and 2021 drafts have all reached MLB. 5 such picks from the rest of the AL East have done so. 2 of those 5 are now on different teams. Since the first of these debuted (Adley), the Orioles are 73-55 against the AL East.
- folks were incredibly excited about Hawaiian shirt night
so it would appear that folks are excited about Hawaiian shirt night - Jorge Mateo was not named a gold glove finalist despite leading the AL in defensive value AND outs above average among shortstops. Mateo also ranked 2nd in DRS per @fangraphs with 14. Xander Bogaerts, a finalist, had 4.
