Before the 2023 season started, many pundits and projection systems believed that the Orioles and Red Sox would perform similarly and that neither team would be particularly impressive. These two teams meet starting tonight for a four-game series, the final one of the 2023 regular season.
The ZiPS projections placed the Orioles in fourth and fifth place in the AL East with 80 and 79 wins, respectively. PECOTA flipped them in the standings, projecting 74 wins for the Orioles and 80 for the Red Sox. And ESPN’s MLB “experts” predicted 74 for the Orioles, 78 for the Red Sox.