Moments after the Baltimore Orioles were eliminated by Texas in the AL Division Series — swept for the first time all year — manager Brandon Hyde couldn’t help but look toward a future that should be very exciting.
“This team going forward, heads up,” he said. “It’s going to be a really good club.”
It was already a really good club this year, when the Orioles finished with the best record in the American League. They did it with what feels like a once-in-a-generation group of young players, all arriving at around the same time, who could keep Baltimore among baseball’s elite for years to come.