Zach Wilt: What has to happen in May for O's

Source: www.masnsports.com --- Friday, April 27, 2018
As a Baseball fan, April is a month that I look forward to all year long. As an Orioles fan in 2018, I can't wait for this April to be over. The O's have just three more games remaining in this terrible month. They're currently 6-19, 13 1/2 games back of first place in the American League East and 8 1/2 games back of a wild card spot - it's never too early to think about the wild card. Another couple of weeks of losing Baseball and the Orioles will most certainly be looking to sell at the trade deadline at the end of July. With Manny Machado , Adam Jones , Zach Britton and Brad Brach in the final years of their contracts, rival general managers will most certainly be calling Dan Duquette to get a feel for the price of these valuable pieces. May is a critical month for the Orioles' fate, not just in 2018, but for the years to come. So what would the club have to do to delay the potential rebuild? I ran some numbers to find out. For simple math, I've projected that the Orioles will go 1-2 in their next three games. With a .240 winning percentage this season, that record actually seems optimistic. This means that the the Orioles will finish April with a 7-21 record. The Orioles have 30 games in 31 days in May with two off-days and a doubleheader against the Rays, plenty of opportunity to make up some ground. I think they can still complete this season and avoid a fire sale in July by ending May with a .500 record. To do that though ...

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