Now in the final weekend of the season, the Orioles’ focus will shift from the product on the field to what's expected to be an active offseason in terms of charting a course forward for the organization.
The on-field stars that helped the team to three playoff appearances in five years, including Manny Machado and Zach Britton, were traded midseason. The team's identity as a group of sluggers who kept them in games long enough for a lockdown bullpen to help them win games evaporated.
And with uncertainty facing every level of the club, it's a near-certainty the Orioles will look as different off the field when they return to Camden Yards in April as they have this summer on it.