Spring training didn't exactly go well for the Baltimore Orioles. From the Hyun Soo Kim roster-spot fiasco to the placement of Kevin Gausman on the disabled list to start the season, the season didn't appear poised to get off on the right note. From the very beginning of Game 1, however, it has been a very different story. The O's have torn the cover off the ball, and their pitching staff has more than held its own.
Obviously two weeks is well short of a full season. Legitimately mediocre -- or even bad -- ballclubs can rule the major league roost for a week or two at a time. So let's take a closer look, with the help of Statcast batted-ball data, and see whether the Orioles are a team that deserves to be 8-3 right now or should fit more into the mediocre class of teams. Amid all this batted-ball carnage, who are some of the key players likely to make or break the Orioles' 2016 campaign?