The 2016 Orioles will feature a low-contact, high-power offense

Contact and power are the two primary ways of evaluating hitters. In fact they are two of the so-called five tools that a player is evaluated on by scouts. Most players are decently skilled at both but generally they tend towards one extreme or the other. Only the elite players are above-average at both; these players are the superstars of baseball and wreak havoc on the diamond.

The 2016 Orioles have only a few of these kinds of players on their roster. Mostly though they offer low-contact, swing-and-miss power that makes fans ooh and ahh at dingers but also grind their teeth at strikeouts. Most notably, this philosophy is evident in the presence of Chris Davis for the next seven seasons.…