Here's an article I wrote last week addressing the current state of the roster. Fun time of the year for sure.
https://birdswatcher.com/posts/baltimore-orioles-2024-opening-day-roster-projection-1-0-01hnp14b0m12
I think if anything, the Flaherty deal evidenced this shift in thinking. Or trading Hernaiz for Irvin. I don't think the Burnes trade evidences anything except what we all knew Elias was doing/trying to do.