The latest adjustment to baseball’s calendar because of the coronavirus pandemic is the reworked MLB winter meetings, which were meant to be held as an in-person event this week in Dallas to jump-start the offseason.
That doesn’t mean, however, that the offseason is at a different stage than the meetings’ annual arrival would suggest. Teams, including the Orioles, will still use the time as a way to check in with other clubs and set their course internally for the coming year.
The Orioles’ brass won’t be in Dallas the way they were meant to be this week, but either way, here are four questions that will need to be answered as the virtual event kicks off Monday.