ANAHEIM, Calif. – Through the first part of this 2024 season, the Orioles offense has been very productive. Going into Wednesday’s MLB games, the Orioles ranked first in the majors in homers and homers per game. They ranked No. 2 in slugging and OPS and extra-base hits.
They ranked third in the majors scoring 5.65 runs per game. That is a big number.
Only once in O’s history have the Orioles scored 900 runs for the season and it was in 1996 during the Steroid era when the team scored 949, the club record. The current team is on pace to score 915 runs.
The team record for homers, also set in 1996, is 257 and their current pace would see them approach that with 254 longballs.
They are doing a lot right on offense. So why is this team not drawing more walks and should we really care if they are scoring so well?