Baseball America used to project team lineups years into the future with their annual team top prospect lists. How'd the idea of the 2015 Orioles at that time stack up to the reality? Turns out it's hard to see the future.
What will the Orioles look like in four years time? The people at Baseball America used try to answer the question annually for each MLB team. This time four years ago, a lot of things seemed impossible for the Orioles, not least of which was a winning season. Thinking about something like a 2015 Orioles lineup before the 2012 season was the only way to make ourselves feel better about what seemed at that time to be a very bleak present.