Baltimore Orioles

Paul Mancano and Danielle Allentuck preview the Wild Card Series beginning Tuesday.

The Orioles won four of six games against Kansas City in April, but a lot has changed since then.

As a team, the Orioles entered Sunday second in the majors behind the Atlanta Braves with a 42.4% hard-hit rate.

Ahead of the wild-card round, our Orioles experts weigh in on important questions.

The players hope a difficult year has prepared them for the playoffs.

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.

Rivera’s ability to play multiple positions while finding more success at the plate than ever before makes him a valuable bench option.

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.

The 101-year-old refinery will beam its O’s and S’s at 6 p.m. Sunday night and every night for the duration of the Orioles’ run in the postseason. Each O is 20 feet tall, making it easy to spot in Baltimore’s skyline.

For the second straight season, postseason baseball is coming to Baltimore.

Of all aspects of the team, the bullpen is the one that will enter the postseason with the most questions.

The game might foreshadow the matchup of star pitchers for Game 1 of the American League Division Series, if the Orioles get that far.

The former Orioles slugger still pays close attention to his old team.

The Orioles’ magic number to clinch the top wild card seed — and therefore home-field advantage for the best-of-three series — drops to one.

“We are going to get him ready for 2025,” manager Brandon Hyde said. “It’s disappointing. It’s tough. He’s so talented and a huge part of our rotation this year and going forward.”

The Orioles are guaranteed at least the third wild card spot but are in position to secure the top spot and home-field advantage in the first round of the playoffs.

This year's team didn't breeze through the regular season like last year's squad did, but that might not be a bad thing.

The Orioles are reinforced, and it shows. They are in the playoffs, and they celebrated accordingly. Win a couple more games and they can ensure a home playoff series next week. Play as well as they can, and they’ll probably play well beyond that.

“It’s been a really tough stretch the past couple of months,” outfielder Colton Cowser said. “To be where we’re at with the number of injures we had, I’m just really proud of this group.”