Orioles fans are expecting the team to finally advance in the postseason

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The folks of Birdland are prepared to see the Orioles postseason win drought come to an finish this yr. In this week’s survey of Orioles fans, I requested folks to take into consideration how far they suppose the Orioles will go in the 2026 season. Here’s how the outcomes got here in:

That’s a completely overwhelming majority in favor of the team making the postseason in some type, with a whopping 88% of voters selecting considered one of the choices that has the team getting again into the playoffs after an absence final yr. (The percentages do not add up to 100. I did not make the graph.) The solely query for most individuals is how far the team will go?

The plurality selection is 34% of voters who see the team profitable the Division Series – one or probably two sequence wins – earlier than falling quick in the ALCS. After zero postseason wins since sweeping the Tigers in the 2014 postseason, that might be a pleasant little bit of progress. Of course, it might nonetheless harm loads to fall quick after making it that far.

The next-largest contingent sees the team getting no additional than it did in 2023 or 2024. Much as I’d like for them to be incorrect, I do not blame anybody who seems at it this manner. These guys are going to have to show to us that they will do it and till they do it, it is truthful to marvel if they are going to.

As ever, a contingent of wide-eyed optimists are there, combining for 30%, that the Orioles will both win the American League or the World Series. Honestly, I can not even think about it. That can be enjoyable.

With a 1-0 begin to the common season, the Orioles have executed all they will do by way of one sport to put themselves on the street again to a postseason victory.