Saturday’s Bird Droppings: Where the Orioles are stuck in an elevator

Morning, Birdland!

There’s gonna be days like. The Orioles are going to lose, possibly in a fashion that Manny Machado could have prevented. Then, you are going to scurry to the box scores and see that Machado had a great night at the plate for a team that doesn’t play in Baltimore. It happened last night as the orange birds fell to the blue birds 8-7 in extra innings. Alex recapped it all for us. Machado, meanwhile, was 2-for-3 with two walks in a 6-4 victory for the Dodgers.

It will be OK.

Based on comments coming from both Dan Duquette and now Buck Showalter, this is going to be a full rebuild. That means the major league roster will be in flux, the minor league system is going to be…