ST. PETERSBURG -- The dust has cleared for the Orioles, who traded away six key players in July. What they are left with -- the beginning of a long rebuild -- isn't meant to immediately satisfy. Instead, the O's -- who have called up several young players with more still waiting in the wings -- are dealing with growing pains over the final two months of the season.
There have been plenty over the past eight games. Baltimore -- which eked out a win Wednesday despite five errors -- watched Thursday as newcomer Cody Carroll couldn't preserve a seventh-inning lead in the 5-4 series loss to the Rays at Tropicana Field.