Before last night, the Orioles had been playing a bunch of other bad teams, or at least teams that have thus far been disappointing. One game against the Blue Jays, the first they’ve played this year, is still only one game, but it was such a miserable experience that it served almost single-handedly as a reminder about how far the O’s have to go in order to be on the same level as actual good teams. Some of the guys on the team right now could be on a good team, but most of them won’t.
For several years now, it has been apparent that if the Orioles are going to be able to sustain success, the improved talent is going to have to come from their minor league prospects in some form.