Baltimore Orioles 2016 Season Preview

Manny Machado finally played all 162 games in 2015. Hopefully the Orioles can do better in 2016.

Chris Ransom follow @DraftUtopia Posted on 3/4/2016.

Baltimore Orioles Batting Lineup

NO.	Batter	POS.	BA	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
1	Hyun Soo Kim	LF	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	Manny Machado	3B	.286	35	86	70	111	20
3	Adam Jones	CF	.269	27	82	24	102	3
4	Chris Davis	1B	.262	47	117	84	208	2
5	Mark Trumbo	RF	.262	22	64	36	132	0
6	Matt Wieters	C	.267	8	25	21	67	0
7	Jonathan Schoop	2B	.279	15	39	9	79	2
8	J.J. Hardy	SS	.219	8	37	20	88	0
9	Jimmy Paredes	DH	.275	10	42	19	111	4

Baltimore Orioles Batting Lineup Summary: Baltimore has an awesome batting lineup. Everyone hit 10 home runs except catcher Matt Wieters who was injured and missed part of the season in 2014. Most of the same batters are back, but it really comes down to Wieters staying healthy. Machado played all 162 games and if the Orioles can get 100 games from Weiters in 2016, then this team could do some damage in the AL East.

Baltimore Orioles Starting Rotation

NO.	Pitcher	IP	H	ERA	BB	SO	W	L
1	Chris Tillman	173	176	4.99	64	120	11	11
2	Ubaldo Jimenez	184	182	4.11	68	168	12	10
3	Yovani Gallardo	184.1	193	3.42	68	121	13	11
4	Miguel Gonzalez	144.2	109	4.91	51	109	9	12
5	Kevin Gausman	112.1	109	4.25	29	103	4	7

Baltimore Orioles Starting Rotation Summary: All 5 pitchers in this starting rotation have at least 100 innings pitched. The downside is this starting rotation gives up way too many runs. It's hard to see the Orioles in the playoffs with this rotation.

Baltimore Orioles Bullpen

NO.	Pitcher	IP	H	ERA	BB	SO	W	L
LR	Chaz Roe	41.1	44	4.14	17	38	4	2
LR	T.J. McFarland	40.1	52	4.91	18	26	2	2
MR	Dylan Bundy	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0
MR	Brian Matusz	49	38	2.94	20	56	1	4
MR	Brad Brach	79.1	57	2.72	38	89	5	3
MR	Mychal Givens	30	20	1.80	6	38	2	0
SU	Darren O'Day	65.1	47	1.52	14	82	6	2
CL	Zach Britton	65.2	51	1.92	14	79	4	1

Baltimore Orioles Bullpen Summary: Baltimore's bullpen was still effective last year even though the Orioles struggled in 2015. Their bullpen is much stronger and much deeper this year.

Prediction: Baltimore has the bats and bullpen to surprise people. A lack of arms in the starting rotation will be what keeps the Orioles from making any noise in 2016.