Orioles manager Brandon Hyde has his first chance to have all of his players in one place this week, and when the team breaks camp in five weeks and heads north to begin the season in Boston, his Opening Day roster will be set.
As with everything about this rebuilding club, 2021 will be about focusing on the future. But there’s not much room for those considerations when it comes to building a big league roster for the present.
There are plenty of ways Hyde and executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias can put together the Orioles this spring, but they’ll always be guided by a few principles that have emerged over the past few years.