If one thing has defined the Orioles’ business in recent offseasons, it’s their willingness to wait as long as they need to for the right player to be available at the right price before they make their move.
Given how the market has developed in the early part of free agency this year, they may run more in contrast with the rest of the league than ever before.
Even executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette has said this is a thin free agent class, but some of his other instructive comments last week indicate the business they do won’t grab headlines the way the early signings have.