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All the remaining playoff teams have built with aspects the Orioles can emulate — and supplemented with high payrolls

No matter who wins Thursday’s much-anticipated deciding game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants, the final four teams in this year’s MLB playoffs will be an imposing bunch.

Each team remaining — and really each team that made the playoffs — has aspects the Orioles are looking to emulate.

The Dodgers and Atlanta Braves have each had top-ranked farm systems in the last few years. The Houston Astros are in their fifth straight American League championship series with a homegrown group of stud hitters taken early in the draft.