For the past several months, Orioles fans have been looking ahead to the 2019 season with both apprehension and anticipation about the prospect of a new-look inexperienced team taking its first baby steps toward possible greatness. But guess what?
The team that takes the field for Opening Day on Thursday at Yankee Stadium figures to look a lot like the one that limped out of last year’s 115-loss debacle.
Adam Jones is gone, but almost everyone that will be on the field to start this year has been there before, which might seem to run counter to what new executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias has been selling since he was hired to replace Dan Duquette in November.