While most of the blame for the Orioles' disappointing 2017 season can be meted out to their poor starting pitching, their offense certainly shares some of the responsibility.
In his Oct. 1 season-ending media session, Orioles executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette talked about the team's shortcomings and said: "We still score plenty of runs to win the game."
However, while the Orioles hit home runs -- 232, fifth in the American League -- they scored 743 runs, eighth in the AL.
