The trade deadline came and went. And the Orioles’ house, for all the talk of a storm that could be heading their way, was left pretty much intact.
Trey Mancini is still here. Not too surprising, given his popularity. But so is John Means. And Tanner Scott. And Paul Fry. Now we’re starting to climb that “surprise” meter.
With deadline day pretty much uneventful (though not entirely. So long, Freddy Galvis), there are roughly two months to go before the offseason begins and the construction on the 2022 team seriously begins. And even for a non-contending team that isn’t involved in a playoff chase, these two months can be intriguing.