this is why I love baseball, always so much to talk about and speculate on! let’s go O’s, but Kyle Bradish getting hurt is not good. with Burns, rotation was looking deadly. we’ll see.

Liked & subscribed. Okay, let me state upfront that I'm an Orioles fan, and it was refreshing to hear an analysis that approaches the subject objectively for a change. Had you argued for the Yankees coming in first, I can see a case for that as well, although their players across the board tend to be older than those on the O's roster. Among New York regular position players, DJ LeMahieu, Aaron Judge, Anthony Rizzo, and Giancarlo Stanton are on the wrong side of 30, and quite a bit past it in the cases of LeMahieu (DOB 1988), Rizzo (1989) and Stanton (1989). This doesn't mean, of course, that they necessarily are going to run out of gas--though LeMahieu and Stanton struggled enough in 2023 to raise some eyebrows--but the risk of injury tends to be greater in older players. Conversely, all of Baltimore's starting position players with the exception of Ryan O'Hearn will start the season under 30. Add to that how the franchise's upper minors are so packed--even overloaded--with excellent young prospects (way more than the Yankees for a change) that an even younger replacement can be called up in case of injury, and the O's won't miss a beat. How deep, you ask? So deep that you gave a good review of the Orioles, but neglected to even mention baseball's number one prospect, Jackson Holliday, who just recently turned 20! That's how deep. One last comparison regarding ages: As for each team's ace, Gerit Cole turns 34 in September, while Corbin Burnes only turns 30 in October. A full recovery from TJ surgery for John Means would be huge. Not only did he throw a no-hitter (one pitch away from a perfect game, marred only by a wild pitch on a strikeout) and be selected for an All-Star Game, but when he came back off the IL late last season, he had an outing where he carried a no-hitter into the seventh. He definitely can pitch, and the Orioles quite likely are going to need him healthy to get back to the playoffs this year.

Ill Say either The Orioles Or Rays .

Baz was wrong by the way, he tore his UCL mid 2022, which is why he missed last season. Rays at 82 wins is a joke, eventually you guys will learn that the Rays never truly "get worse" and that it's just on paper

O's win East again.

O's have an easy first month and I expect them to fully capitalize on it. O's go 26-4 the first 30 games.

Spencer Jones is not a 1B. He is an OF. They may try to move him to first. That all depends if they can resign Soto which I think they will not. I see Soto going to the Mets.

don't be sorry, we know

84 wins for the rays 😂😂

Spencer Jones wont be in majors this year, generally bad take about Yankees and very disrespectful. They gonna win division.