No matter what happens on the field for the Orioles, the 2018 season will be defined by the fact that the team has a quartet of stars in Manny Machado, Zach Britton, Adam Jones, and Brad Brach all reaching free agency at once.
All but Jones is on his first professional contract, and there's been a fair amount of wondering around the game how it got to this point with the other three. After that, it will be a slow trickle of the team's stars, from Jonathan Schoop after the 2019 season to Kevin Gausman after 2020, who can hit free agency.