A 115-loss season is as strong an indication as any that change is required, and in removing manager Buck Showalter and executive vice president Dan Duquette from their posts as their contracts expired this month, the Orioles ensured it's coming in some form.
What's unclear, and won't be known until each man is replaced and staffs are rebuilt around those respective hires during the winter, is how significant that change will be. The Orioles are in a tenuous spot from a baseball sense, with prospect depth but not the quality or impact talent to reverse things quickly, and a major league roster with only a handful of assets.