It’s a foregone conclusion that the Orioles will not be players for this offseason’s crop of marquee free agents. During a rebuild there’s a zero percent chance we see someone like Manny Machado or Bryce Harper signed to a lucrative multi-year deal with Baltimore.
But that doesn’t mean the Orioles can’t still be active in the free agent market. That action just may not involve large dollar amounts or the big names we are all familiar with. It’s hard to guess what route Orioles General Manager Mike Elias will take, but he has dropped clues in the media recently.