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Reggie Hildred-Imagn Images Corbin Burnes leads the Orioles staff against one of baseball’s best rotations as Kansas City comes to Baltimore for the Wild Card Series It took all 162 games for the Orioles to get their playoff opponent, but we now know that it’s the Kansas City Royals will come to Baltimore to take on the Orioles in a best-of-three Wild Card Series. The … [Read more...] about Orioles-Royals Wild Card Series preview: Starting pitching

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images The Orioles boast a powerful lineup, while the Royals will look to run against Game 1 starter Corbin Burnes. The 2024 postseason field is set, and the Orioles will host the Royals in a best-of-three series at Camden Yards. Baltimore will carry lofty goals into the playoffs for the second consecutive year, but it will jump right into … [Read more...] about Orioles-Royals Wild Card Series preview: Offense

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Neither the Orioles nor the Royals can claim their bullpens as real strengths. A lot of us in these parts still hear “Royals” and “postseason” and get nightmarish visions of the 2014 American League Championship Series, in which Kansas City knocked the AL East Champion Orioles out in four games. Well, that was a decade ago, and these … [Read more...] about Orioles-Royals Wild Card Series preview: Bullpen