Throughout the offseason, there were loud cries throughout Birdland for the front office to make major additions to the pitching staff. However, we never heard anywhere near the same volume of cries for the Orioles to make major additions to their pool of position players. After all, the backbone of the successful rebuild of this team is the outstanding work Mike Elias & Co. did in building this extremely talent-laden group of hitters.
As we navigate through spring training, the majority of the Opening Day roster seems already set when it comes to position players. There’s no doubt that Adley Rutschman and James McCann will be the Orioles’ two backstops.