The Baltimore Orioles had the best record in the American League in 2023. Obviously they won the American League East, which I (along with many other people) said was the best division in baseball in 2023. And honestly, I think it was the best division in sports.
But…was is? Is it? The records say that it is – from top to bottom. However while the Orioles are yet to play a game, Toronto and Tampa not only lost their Wild Card series’, but they were swept. And they looked inept in being swept. Does that invalidate the division a bit?
My answer would be no. Because you never know how a team’s going to matchup against another one. The competition in the American League East was fiercer than fierce this season. The Orioles had to go to 100 wins to take the division, whereas Minnesota had wrapped up the central by circa 83 wins.
It’s unfair to say that the division wasn’t all that it was cracked up to be, but it’s interesting to note that both teams (Tampa and Toronto) looked very inept against their respective competition. Needless to say, it now falls on the Orioles to represent the best division in sports in the right way.
Birdland Crush 