For as long as the Orioles tried to hold on to the magic from the 2014 division-championship roster, the speed with which the organization has been stripped of any remnants of its best team in a generation is striking.
Those 96-win Orioles that won the American League East and made it to the American League Championship Series, only to be swept by the Kansas City Royals, featured names up and down the roster that have become synonymous with the Orioles — from manager Buck Showalter and center fielder Adam Jones to third baseman Manny Machado and first baseman Chris Davis.