Almost a year ago, I wrote a flowery piece about the Orioles’ superiority and how the Giants were little losers by comparison. Baltimore was supposed to have set itself up for a wide competitive window after tanking for so many years. That hasn’t happened this year, and the previous genius assigned to Mike Elias and Sig Mejdal has been revoked — or, at least, placed on probation. Not only are the Orioles in bad shape this season, but their 60-74 record was as predictable as a slow motion trainwreck. Is the San Francisco Giants franchise in better shape than the Baltimore Orioles right now?

Here’s the key piece from last year’s series preview:

Last week, Grant Brisbee for The Athletic (sub required) pointed out that the Orioles haven’t signed a top-50 free agent in 5 years. The Giants hav

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