Teams won’t begin reporting to spring training for another two months. None of the top free agents have found homes for 2021. Some clubs still don’t even have their front office fully situated. The off-season is still rather young, and yet the Orioles may have already finished most of their work.
The O’s entered the “winter” with relatively few holes on their roster considering their current goals (improve in the minors, lose a lot in the majors). Since the season ended they have traded away Jose Iglesias, creating an additional hole to fill. But even still, that left them with a fairly short “to do” list:
- Add back-end starter options
- Figure out shortstop situation
O’s general manager Mike Elias may have sorted out the first task through the Rule 5 draft.