Analysis since the All-Star Game – rightfully so – has focused on the eight players the Orioles received in trades for Manny Machado and Zach Britton. What is their profile and scouting report? Upside? Downside? How quickly can they get to MLB? Was the haul fair for a 26-year-old perennial All-Star and former lights out closer? All good questions.
Along with that analysis is what was said and wasn’t said by Dan Duquette, Buck Showalter, and O’s players and brass in the aftermath of the deals. Are clues about the future of DD and Buck, both with contracts that expire at the end of this season, in their words?