MLB Predictions: Baltimore Orioles Analysis for the Upcoming 2023 Season

With the MLB season now very much on the horizon, it’s time to start talking about how individual teams might perform this season. While there are always some surprises along the way, baseball is a little easier than most sports to handicap in terms of season performance. Over the course of 162 games, it’s tough for a surprise team to sustain a strong start, which is something that we seem to see every year. We tend to have an idea who the strong teams will be, as well as which ones will almost certainly be in the cellar. Outside of that, there are a few teams who might sneak into the Wild Card. Will the Baltimore Orioles be one of those teams? Let’s take a closer look at the MLB betting analysis.

Analyzing Teams for Betting and Picks in the 2023 MLB Season

The Orioles in 2022

Unless a team is flush with money that they can throw at free agents, much like the Dodgers and Yankees do, the climb back to respectability can be long and slow. It can be slower still if prospects fail to pan out as hoped. The Orioles are a team looking to make it back to being competitive, with their last postseason appearance coming back in 2016, when they were bounced by the Toronto Blue Jays in the Wild Card.

The bottom came in 2021, when they went 52-110 on the season at the start of a rebuild. Last season, you do have to say that there were some definite signs of improvement, with the Orioles going 83-79. While that was certainly a solid upward climb, they still have a long way to go to compete in the very strong AL East.

The Orioles in 2023

While the Orioles made some nice strides last season, the general consensus was that they needed an ace starter to really kickstart their rebuild. They were rumored to be attached to guys like Justin Verlander and Jacob DeGrom, but when all was said and done, they did not land a big-name starter. That could be a problem for a team that surrendered 688 runs last season.

This looks like it’s going to be another season where the Orioles lean heavily on young prospects such as Adley Rutschman and Gunnar Henderson, both of whom did very well in their rookie seasons with the Orioles. It’s an inexpensive way to do business when compared to taking a deep dive into the free agent market, but it’s also one that requires a good deal of patience.

There is still a lot of work to be done in Baltimore to get this team back to the top, which can be seen by their odds to win the AL Pennant. Right now, the Orioles are down near the bottom of that pack, sitting at odds of +2700.

Prediction for 2023

In a different division, the story might be a little different for the Baltimore Orioles, but in the AL East, they look doomed to be down near the bottom of the pack. That said, if they can improve on their record from last season, they might just do enough to nab a Wild Card spot. It does, though, still feel like a bit of a longshot unless they start adding some talent that can make an immediate impact.