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The 2019 Orioles might not be better, but they’ve gotten younger

You’re only as old as you feel, right? Wrong. Not in baseball at least. In a game where teams are skewing younger and younger, veteran players over 30 seem to be increasingly left behind. That’s what happened to former Oriole Adam Jones this offseason, for example.

Jones signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks only a few days ago — well into Spring Training. And as the outfielder said in this recent Forbes article, “It’s an unfortunate situation especially for guys over 30 who have a lot to offer, who still have a lot in their tank.