We’ve almost come to the end of the line for the 2019 Baltimore Orioles. Mind you, the goal that I set forth for this team in my season preview back in March was for them to better the record of the 2018 Orioles. Standing now at 52 wins, they’ve done that by five games already.
So in that sense this was a successful season. Granted the bar was set very low, but the fact is that it had to be. As time wore on over the course of the final five to six weeks however, this team turned it up a notch. Maybe that wasn’t necessarily seen in the win/loss column, but guys really seemed to come together. That’s a good sign going into spring training next year.
However that’s irrelevant – for now. There are still three games to play, and the Orioles find themselves closing the season in Boston at “the Fens.” Surprisingly, this series is meaningless. It was a given that it would be meaningless for the Orioles. However I’m quite frankly surprised that Boston’s in a position whereby it’s meaningless for them as well.
Nevertheless, the series begins tonight at Fenway Park. Asher Wojciechowski gets the start for the O’s, and he’ll be opposed by Boston’s Nathan Eovaldi. Game time is set for just after 7 PM this evening.
Birdland Crush 
How can u say this was a good season? Are u delusional? The goal should be to win every game. Anything short of that makes u a loser. All because of GREED! GREED! GREED!
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No Cravetti, I’m not delusional. In fact, there’s a reason why I’m on the writing side of the coin and you’re on the readership/fandom side. However put into the context of what I said success would look like before the season, yes this was a successful year. It sounds wonderful to suggest that you should be winning every game. But that’s not reality. It was never reality for this team. Were they gritty and did they play hard? Absolutely. But that was never reality.
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