Among the many reasons that the Orioles went 47-115 in the 2018 season is this: Their farm system has not been very good for a while and it offered very little in the way of possible help as the team’s pitching staff sank to the bottom for several straight years. The next head of baseball operations, whoever that may be and whatever title they receive, is going to have a lot of work to do.
If you were hoping that the Orioles trades in July would be able to start to get them into a better place, reality is not so kind.