Rebuilding the Orioles was the prudent thing to do. Pretty much everyone can agree on that. But it doesn’t make it any easier to see some of your team’s best players go.
In the case of Manny Machado, Jonathan Schoop, Zach Britton and Kevin Gausman, all these players were homegrown — drafted, developed and established in the big leagues by the O’s. In a way, that makes it harder to see them playing in different uniforms.
The aforementioned group of players has been gone for about a month now, give or take.