After weeks or months of wondering what would happen with the Orioles and Manny Machado, the deal was finally finished on Wedneday night: Machado to the Dodgers for outfielder Yusniel Diaz, righty starter Dean Kremer, righty reliever Zach Pop, third baseman Rylan Bannon, and utility infielder Breyvic Valera. For Orioles fans, one question presents itself after this momentous deal. Are these guys going to be any good?
If your dream trade return for Machado involved visions of multiple top 100 prospects bolstering the O’s farm system, this will seem like a disappointing trade package because the O’s only got one such player, Diaz, with a big gap between him and the next-best player they received.