I do wonder if Soto goes if there might be a little down cycle until Jones and Jasson get established.
Clay Holmes and Gleyber Torres are impending free agents who may or may not love the media frenzy around Soto and will he stay.
The big enchilada is Gerrit Cole's health status. The best pitcher in the world available or not means a lot to a team, especially come tournament time.
Figuring this would be the 2024 race, one of the things I've wondered about is have the Orioles ever beaten the Yankees in a hot race? The Orioles' greatest years don't seem like they have much had a good version of the Yankees to outplay. Gausman won Game 162 there in 2016 to lock down playoff position but they were out of it by then. 1980, Jeter's lame flyball, Sabathia in the 2012 ALDS decider - they have gotten all the big head-to-heads late in the year.
Cashman's job is the only one I really worry about Elias bouncing for.
You are willing to potentially put the fate of our World Series hopes in the hands of Hunter Harvey? … I’m genuinely curious as to why when there are much better delivers to be had (one of which is Miller).