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Baseball Primer Newsblog — The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Monday, May 31, 2021Baltimore Orioles ‘trying to keep our head up’ as losing skid hits 14 in loss to Minnesota Twins
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Posted: May 31, 2021 at 11:20 PM | 22 comment(s)
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1. Doug Jones threw harder than me Posted: June 01, 2021 at 12:13 AM (#6021733)"Activate Chris Davis!"
Of course the 1962-65 Mets matched those Boston teams with four straight 100-loss seasons, but those were the Mets, so it really doesn't even count. None of the other expansion teams ever had even three straight 100-loss seasons, nor did the St. Louis Browns.
The 2011-13 Astros did (they actually lost 105-plus for three straight), just fifty years after their expansion days.
And they also won a pennant within the decade.
This is the O's, though. They're going to suck for a long while.
Call it the Curse of Jimenez. Or maybe the Curse of Showalter. Or maybe just curse them both.
1909-12 Bostons: 2 years to win the World Series.
1938-42 Phillies: 8 years to win a pennant.
1962-65 Mets: 4 years to win the World Series.
1977-81 Blue Jays: 4 years to win the AL East, 11 years to win a pennant and a World Series.
2011-13 Astros: 4 years to win a World Series.
Maybe the Orioles could jump-start their recovery period by becoming the Baltimore Rustlers.
Don’t be so sure. Their AA and A Ball teams have a bunch of guys on their rosters that are killing it right now. Give the organization a couple more years of development and the #1 or #2 pick in 2022 and the Orioles could turn things around as quickly as the Astros did.
Wait, that's the Pirates.
How 'bout the Baltimore Hustlers?
the Orioles could turn things around as quickly as the Astros did.
So that's why they ordered all those extra garbage cans...
They had the worst major league roster and one of the very worst farm systems when new management took over. They're building up the farm system and all accounts are that they're doing a good job and it's going well. The low minors are killing it and the org is going to starting moving into the top 5-10 of prospect value if they aren't there already.
At the major league level they are obviously still terrible, but:
1) Their record undersells them a bit as they are not the worst team in the league and the record is significantly worse than their WAR
2) They've made an effort to fill out the lineup with legit major league quality players, rather than just throw out some random aged-out non-prospect. In spots where they've had guys worth giving time to in order to figure out if they have value (like DJ Stewart) they have, and where they had no one worth playing, they went out and picked up Maikel Franco and Freddy Galvis. Galvis is playing great and may even generate a return at the deadline if someone needs a SS.
It still adds up to a pretty bad major league roster, but that was always going to happen. If you follow the team, there is plenty of reason to look forward.
Or like the Orioles starting 3-0.
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