Machado was 19 and not as highly touted, he was an asset in a pennant race.
Jackson Chourio is 20.
I can give you a pretty long list of highly regarded prospects who debuted at or 19 or 20 that managed to actually help their teams win games.
No one here is calling him a bust or saying anything harsher than him having a disappointing season. Do you think he's disappointed with how he has played?
For the team or for the league?
Also I said average not bad, the bad teams were out of it by the deadline and had a chance to sell.
You can also improve without tearing everything down to the foundations.
Considering she works in the hospitality depart for the Rays and is pretty proud of the job they do I was surprised to hear her rave about the O's staff.
Just jumping in here to get a few views without starting a thread for a minor issue.
The person I know that works for the Rays went with the team on the trip to OPACY. She was very impressed. She said that the O's stadium staff were at least as good as the Rays staff and she was particularly impressed with the Children's section.
She also scored me the hat and the jersey from the give aways.