I think DR could well be the coolest thing for the O's since the '83 World Series title, and he is a successful human, who probably became successful because of wise investing and keeping projects within a budget. I would love DR to have endless resources and sign everyone possible, but I do not see any way we keep Burnes and a substantial number of our home grown Birds. John Angelos sounded defeatist at times, yet, he had a point about how many times Baltimore can drop 300 million dollar contracts. I love Burnes in orange and black. According to my wife, I probably love Burnes at an unreasonable level.
However, I don't see any way we can keep him.
And maybe we shouldn't.
Pitchers break down way too much (setting aside modern pitch count debates).
The Astros plan did include overspending for a starter or two, I'm just not sure that's our O's, even with DR.