San Francisco Giants by 2
If I were you, I'd be watching the San Francisco Giants and the Baltimore Orioles duke it out at the famed Oriole Park at Camden Yards. We're starting off with Hayden Birdsong tossing for the Giants, his performance this season has been decent with a 4.92 ERA and an 11.1 K/9 over 13 appearances. The Orioles are countering with Dean Kremer, slipping in with a 4.19 ERA and an 8.8 K/9 across 22 games.
Looking at our heavy hitters, the Giants boast talent like Jerar Encarnacion and Matt Chapman, who've been finding the fences with regularity, and of course, don't forget Mike Yastrzemski's 7 dingers and 14 RBIs either. Meanwhile, the Orioles are going to rely heavily on the bats of Emmanuel Rivera and Cedric Mullins, both maintaining a solid batting average throughout the season.
Now reflecting on past rendezvous between these two, they've traded blows throughout 2023 and 2024. The Giants though, seemed to have caught the Orioles off guard during their last encounter in September 2024, thumping them 10-0.
When it comes to the regular season records, they paint an intriguing story. The Orioles, at 84-66, maintained a strong record, while the Giants with 72-78, were playing catch up. The recent results do not paint a bright picture either as the Giants have been hit with a bout of losses while the Orioles have had their fair share of hiccups as well.
Making sense of all these nuts and bolts, my prediction may come as a surprise. Weighing past performances, player stats, and a bit of good old hunch, I think the Giants may pull off an upset here. You'd never turn your back on a team that beat you 10-0, right?
Albert’s Prediction: San Francisco Giants by 2