Orioles aren’t taking the greatest turnaround in MLB history for granted: ‘We have nothing to lose’

What the Orioles are doing this season would have been inconceivable two years ago. That’s because it’s never been done.

In 2021, the rebuilding Orioles were in their fourth straight year of futility, and the product on the field wasn’t any better than when the reboot began. That club lost 110 games — more than 100 for the third time in four years — and it appeared, at the time, that Baltimore’s rebuild would be longer and more painful than originally hoped.

Underneath those teams, though, was an infrastructure that stayed the course, a farm system ready to burst. After a surprising emergence out of the American League East’s cellar last year, they’ve soared to the top of the circuit this year.

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