Who Should Get The Credit In Birdland?

It’s August 15th and the Orioles are 10 games over .500. They have been a huge story in baseball this season and everyone has waited on them to fall apart or fade but they haven’t. The Orioles are doing things with much less than everyone else and continue to surprise the baseball world. But this raises the question of who should get the credit? Who should be praised for bringing good baseball back to Baltimore? The decision is ultimately up to you, I am just the guy supplying the options.   The Bullpen The fastest way to turn any team around is to improve the bullpen, and the Orioles pen has been lights out all year. They have the 3rd best ERA in the big leagues and have kept the Orioles in games to give the offense a chance to catch up. The stand out has been Jim Johnson, who has given the O’s the end of the game stopper they have been searching for, converting 34 out of 37 save opportunities.   Buck Buck Showalter has long been regarded as one of baseball’s top minds, but what ...