Chasing the .500 mark: What that might look like for the Orioles

O's are 11-6 since May 21, the AL's third-best record

At 12 games under the .500 mark (16-28), the Orioles could go 8-2 their next 10 games – yes that includes a series with Detroit – and still be six games under the .500 mark.

The math is daunting.

But I think a better way to look at this is sort of as a two-month sprint of 60 or so games to the trade deadline at the end of July. Can the O’s get to or near .500 by then?

The Orioles now have 31 games remaining to the All-Star break and 44 through the end of July. Could they go 28-16, which would be .636 ball?

Yes, seems very ambitious.

But they are pitching better lately, at least until the Athletics series. They got Colton Cowser back recently and soon should add Jordan Westburg and Cedric Mullins. That group, if the pitching can do its part, looks much more formidable and like what we expected to see this year.

So again, I am sayin’ there’s a chance.

A great one or is 28-16 probable? No it’s not. But this is what it would take to get to .500 by the end of July. If they did do that, they would be in contention and probably about three or four games out in the wild card race, maybe even closer.