What happened Sunday hardly will be remembered — all eyes now point to Tuesday, Game 1 of the wild card series — but it was a worthy culmination of the season.
2024 was the second-hottest summer since 1995, according to a Banner analysis of temperatures at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport.
The Orioles sent left-hander DL Hall and infielder Joey Ortiz to Milwaukee in exchange for Burnes, with the idea that a veteran starting pitcher was what the team needed come October.