Ready or not, the Orioles will open the regular season in less than a week and embark on an uncertain journey that will either validate or repudiate one of the most active and expensive offseason rebuilding projects in franchise history.
The past six weeks were supposed to provide a clearer view of the strengths and weaknesses of a club that spent big money to maintain and upgrade the offensive lineup and also added veteran free agent starter Yovani Gallardo to a thin starting rotation. Instead, spring training has highlighted some of the big questions facing the O's while not providing many real answers.