While I definitely think the Rays are for real, the Orioles seem like a team poised for a regression.
10th in team OPS
11th in Home Runs
12th in OBP
15th in team ERA
Yet they're 3rd in overall league standings. Weird things happen all the time in baseball and sometimes teams just play above their underlying stats. For instance Ryan ####ing O Hearn hitting a 3 run home run off your closer to tie the game when he is justifiably not a good hitter.
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