Draft ‘em, grow ‘em or sign ‘em, building depth on the roster and at the lower levels of the farm is the lifeblood of good teams. For a long time, it seemed like the Orioles were chronically unable to do any of them, what with high draft-pick flameouts like Adam Loewen and Matt Hobgood, bloated and bad contracts awarded to Ubaldo Jiménez and Chris Davis (and not awarded to contributors like Nelson Cruz and Nick Markakis), and a farm system consistently at the bottom of professional baseball ranks.
As we approach the trade deadline, which is officially 4 p.