Most Orioles fans should welcome the rebuilding direction the team is taking with the franchise now that Manny Machado has been traded to the Dodgers. The Angelos sons appear to have shifted the team’s priorities, and Dan Duquette is saying all the right things about the club putting a greater emphasis on scouting, increasing the use of analytics to judge performance, and diving into the previously ignored international market for talent.
Duquette has also made it clear that he’s interested in adding younger players with the hope that they – like the successful Houston Astros – can progress as a unit in the minors and bring that attitude and success with them to the big leagues.