Heading into the winter meetings this past Sunday, the Baltimore Orioles weren’t expected to make much noise. Former GM Dan Duquette moved almost all of the Orioles tradeable assets at the 2018 non-waiver deadline, and current GM Mike Elias has stated that the club will likely wait out the free agent market to find some cheap deals closer to the start of 2019.
For the most part, the Orioles lived up to the billing. Priorities first, the Orioles came into the winter meetings as the only team without a manager, and ultimately left in the same condition, despite the rumored hiring of Brandon Hyde.