The Orioles wake up on August 1 looking different than they did yesterday morning, with an even greater transformation having happened since the calendar has turned to July. We have now had a little while to get used to Manny Machado and Zach Britton being gone and the dust is starting to settle on moves that also shipped out Kevin Gausman, Darren O’Day, Jonathan Schoop, and Brad Brach.
Like it or not, it all adds up to the Orioles striding boldly in the direction of rebuilding.