The Detroit Tigers arrived at Camden Yards on Thursday for their four-game series against the Orioles still legitimately in the postseason hunt, but a team in limbo with the nonwaiver trade deadline looming Friday afternoon.
Earlier in the day, the Tigers made a statement by trading former Cy Young Award winner David Price to the Toronto Blue Jays for three prospects, in a way a concession that they were a franchise playing for the future rather than now.
Despite remaining quiet less than 24 hours before the trade deadline, the Orioles' front office had been clear that it's attempting to improve in an effort to return to the postseason in 2015, especially after entering Thursday riding a five-game winning streak that put them one game back of the American League’s second wild-card spot.