When a team is out of contention, it has a pretty good idea of whether it will be a “buyer” or a “seller” in the trade market. When a team has high profile free-agents-to-be, it becomes painfully obvious.
Still, a series of past moves, along with the product on the field this year, made it difficult to trust the Orioles organization to do just about anything. After all, the club was going for one last run with the gang this year before they ended up on a worse pace than the 1988 team. But credit where credit is due, Baltimore has shown some competence over the past week.