Orioles game live chat: April 1 vs. Rangers, 12:35
The Orioles need to find a way to win to stave off a deflating early sweep.
BALTIMORE, MD - MARCH 26: Trevor Rogers #28 of the Baltimore Orioles pitches during the game between the Minnesota Twins and the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Thursday, March 26, 2026 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/MLB Photos via Getty Images) | MLB Photos via Getty Images It already feels like the Orioles are teetering on the edge of the abyss. That’s being dramatic, of course.
They’ve only played five games out of 162, which is 3. 1% of a baseball season. If the Orioles went 2-3 over any random stretch in June or July, no one would blink at that.
But here at the start of the year, when there’s nothing else that’s happened yet and it all feels connected to the same malaise from last year, it’s bad. Add to this Zach Eflin’s probably-season-ending injury from Tuesday night already taxing the starting pitching depth, and a bullpen that pretty much nobody believed in having some anticipated problems (Yaramil Hiraldo) and some less anticipated ones (Tyler Wells) and it’s a recipe for bad feelings. Win today to avoid the sweep by Texas and the Orioles are 3-3 and that will stave off some misery.
If they have more problems and fall to 2-4, then every concern will be one game closer to being solidified and the team will be starting to dig its way into a hole it will need to escape from. As we know from last year, the deeper the hole gets, the harder it is to address that later. At least it’s Trevor Rogers day.