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Baltimore Orioles 2023 Playoff Schedule: Dates, Times & Series-by-Series Updates

The 2023 MLB Playoffs are here! Here is what the Orioles' playoff schedule looks like.
Eric Cole
Eric Cole

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The Baltimore Orioles are officially back in the postseason and are among the favorites in the American League to make a deep run in 2023. The Rays didn't make their lives easy in the season's final weeks, but the Orioles kept pace with them and ultimately locked up home field advantage through the ALCS as the top seed in the American League.

With their postseason fate sealed, here is a look at the Orioles' upcoming postseason schedule.

American League Division Series Schedule

As the top seed in the AL, Baltimore gets to avoid the crapshoot that is the wild card round and get a week off as a prize. How the Orioles utilize that downtime without getting rusty will be important as we saw some playoff teams with byes last year struggle in the divisional round.

Game

Date

Time

Opponent

Where to watch (TV)

Game One at Home

Saturday, October 7th

1 PM EST

Rangers

Fox/FS1

Game Two at Home

Sunday, October 8th

4:07 PM EST

Rangers

Fox/FS1

Game Three Away Game

Tuesday, October 10th

8:03 PM EST

Rangers

Fox/FS1

Game Four (if necessary) Away Game

Wednesday, October 11th

TBD

Rangers

Fox/FS1

Game Five (if necessary) at Home

Friday, October 13th

TBD

Rangers

Fox/FS1

As for who the Orioles will be matching up with in the postseason, it was somewhat a surprise as the Rangers bounced the Rays from the playoffs in convincing fashion. Avoiding another tough series with Tampa is good news, but the Rangers are going to tough if their pitching shows up like it did against Texas given how good their offense is. In the regular season, the Orioles split their season series with Texas 3-3.

Baltimore Orioles Projected Playoff Rotation

No plans when it comes to the Orioles playoff roster have been announced just yet, but certain assumptions can obviously be made here. Assuming no injuries pop up over the next few days (cross your fingers and toes on that one), Kyle Bradish is going to be starting a playoff game for the Orioles in 2023. In play for the other starts are Grayson Rodriguez, John Means, and Dean Kremer and Baltimore really only NEEDS three starters, but could go with four if they prefer. Expect the Orioles to look at matchups to see who should start and when as all three of those guys are deserving of a postseason start.

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Eric Cole

Eric Cole

I started my career writing about baseball covering the Atlanta Braves for SB Nation's Talking Chop back in 2015 which has since been renamed Battery Power. After years of writing for those fine folks, I made the decision to take over as Site Expert at House That Hank Built before becoming a full-time MLB Staff Writer for FanSided in 2023. Along the way, I have been a guest on multiple ESPN radio affiliates as well as 680 The Fan and 92.9 The Game to discuss Braves baseball and especially Braves prospects and was a long-time host on the Battery Power podcast. These days, I continue to write about the Braves as well as covering the Astros, Padres, and Angels with particular expertise with minor league coverage, the MLB Draft, and bashing Anthony Rendon when possible. When I am not writing about or talking about baseball (which is seldom), I am an avid baseball card collector (Maddux and Soroka being my primary personal collections) and I also collect shark teeth. All other sports are mostly dead to me as my Bills have broken my heart too many times.