For a little while there, it seemed like August might be a fun month for the Orioles. They won series against three likely playoff teams in a row, in the middle of this stretch they called up both Dylan Beavers and Samuel Basallo, and it seemed like they might be able to make it a third winning month in a row. Since then, they’ve lost seven of eight games and you can forget about that. The team is now below-.500 under interim manager Tony Mansolino. The offense has disappeared.

Awaiting them this weekend is the Giants. Their playoff hopes are pretty much kaput at this point. They’re 6.5 games back of the Mets for the third wild card, and they’ve also got the Reds to pass to pull off a miracle. They knew this a while ago, of course. That’s why they traded away three players before the dead

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