{"id":47621,"date":"2025-05-12T08:12:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T08:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=47621"},"modified":"2025-05-12T08:12:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T08:12:39","slug":"statement-yankees-series-somehow-sent-orioles-further-into-trade-deadline-purgatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=47621","title":{"rendered":"Statement Yankees series somehow sent Orioles further into trade deadline purgatory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mb-0 md:mb-9 relative md:mx-10 md:mb-9\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"New York Yankees v Baltimore Orioles\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_148,w_6552,h_3685\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/43\/01jttk0h92895h70zq8a.jpg\" alt=\"New York Yankees v Baltimore Orioles\" width=\"6552\" height=\"3685\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\">New York Yankees v Baltimore Orioles | G Fiume\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap\">\n<div class=\"flex mr-4 lg:w-[calc(70%-3em)] max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"hidden md:block md:mx-4 hidden md:block\" data-testid=\"share-menu\">\n<div class=\"sticky top-20 mb-3\" data-testid=\"share-menu-inner\">\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">For anyone worried that the Baltimore Orioles&#8217; somewhat inexplicable series win over the New York Yankees would immediately give them the momentum they needed to get out of the AL East basemen .. ha, ha, no.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Yanks dropped\u00a0<em>probably<\/em>\u00a0their most frustrating series of the year (lotta contenders, though!) last week in Baltimore, sandwiching a 15-3 victory between two one-run losses and a\u00a0Heston Kjerstad kerfuffle that fired up\u00a0all the dumbest people in the world.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Orioles then took the lessons they&#8217;d learned from upsetting the Yankees on their home turf and channeled it directly into &#8230; dropping two of three to the Royals, then getting\u00a0<em>swept in Minnesota<\/em>, which should not be possible. Their\u00a0playoff odds have dropped to 7.5%, per FanGraphs, with just a 1.7% chance of winning the stunningly mediocre East. Now that Derek Shelton has been fired in Pittsburgh,\u00a0Brandon Hyde is now probably the MLB manager who occupies the hottest seat.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">In all likelihood, that will make Baltimore trade deadline sellers this summer, which seemed incomprehensible as recently as Opening Day \u2014 or, really, as recently as that very stupid Yankees series.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_2_5\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"min-h-[550px]\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1920815270823674335&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fyanksgoyard.com%2Fstatement-yankees-series-somehow-sent-orioles-further-into-trade-deadline-purgatory&amp;sessionId=fd35e91c21791e9adb6532625ef972ce7cc149b2&amp;siteScreenName=YanksGoYardFS&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1920815270823674335\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Orioles playoff odds should make them trade deadline sellers. Could they match with Yankees?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Hmm.\u00a0Cedric Mullins would probably\u00a0make more sense elsewhere. Baltimore certainly couldn&#8217;t help in the rotation. Anything worthwhile still hanging out in that bullpen? Cionel P\u00e9rez was once nasty, but currently sports a 2.32 WHIP. Add in the in-division trade tax, and &#8230; yeah, the O&#8217;s should probably ply their wares elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The only reason Yankee fans shouldn&#8217;t celebrate the Orioles&#8217; stunningly quick apparent window closing is the fuel it&#8217;s given the Red Sox. It seemed just last year that Baltimore and the Yankees would always be standing in the way of Boston&#8217;s ascent. And, just like that, one of those two teams absolutely\u00a0<em>sucks<\/em>. Now we have to count on the Yankees alone to give the Red Sox grief? Ooh, boy. That never goes well.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Perhaps what Baltimore&#8217;s built (or failed to build) will eventually become the cautionary tale Red Sox fans refer back to in moments of grief, as they follow along the same squandered path. We can only hope. Let this be a lesson to any mid-market team with ridiculous talent that tries to &#8220;get creative&#8221; and ignore the consensus: it&#8217;s not that easy to innovate. Sometimes you have to just pay stars, man.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Yankees v Baltimore Orioles | G Fiume\/GettyImages For anyone worried that the Baltimore Orioles&#8217; somewhat inexplicable series win over the New York Yankees would immediately&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Statement Yankees series somehow sent Orioles further into trade deadline purgatory - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=47621\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Statement Yankees series somehow sent Orioles further into trade deadline purgatory - 24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New York Yankees v Baltimore Orioles | G Fiume\/GettyImages For anyone worried that the Baltimore Orioles&#8217; 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