One of the big, publicly unanswered questions about the Orioles rebuilding project is what year is the year where the O’s decide that they are set to compete? O’s fans all want to know when they will draw the line and say this far, no farther on tear-down trades, veteran-for-prospect trades, and other hallmarks of the last several years in Birdland.
Until then, it’s almost like you can’t get too attached to any player who’s been on the team for several years, because you never know what’s going to happen. In the right trade, however the Mike Elias front office judges what the right trade might be, no one is untouchable.