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I'm enjoying watching this 2023 version of the Orioles and I think the window for big things is beginning to open this season.

Having said that, I can't help but think how different this team will look in 2026.  Is it possible that the only position players that have played at all this year that will be on the 2026 Orioles roster are Rutschman, Ortiz, and Henderson?  

The brains of the organization have some very difficult decisions to make in the coming years.   I hope they are up to the task.

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We’ll be working on our fourth consecutive World Series title by then.  

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With that lineup, who needs pitching?  

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1 minute ago, Yossarian said:

I'm enjoying watching this 2023 version of the Orioles and I think the window for big things is beginning to open this season.

Having said that, I can't help but think how different this team will look in 2026.  Is it possible that the only position players that have played at all this year that will be on the 2026 Orioles roster are Rutschman, Ortiz, and Henderson?  

The brains of the organization have some very difficult decisions to make in the coming years.   I hope they are up to the task.

I wouldn't even bet on Rutschman.

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2 minutes ago, Yossarian said:

You're thinking the O's fully adopt the Rays model of no long- term, legacy players and full roster turnover every three years, or so?

What are you talking about?

Rays extend young players.

I'm worried that ownership will continue to shy away from multi-year deals and will flip Aldey with two years of control remaining to get the best return.

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I'm more of a '27 Orioles dreamer.    That year has a certain in-century cache for trying to run up the ELO curve as far as a baseball team can.

I do believe Holliday mostly sets things up for the team to be a year better each time throughout the remainder of Adley's years here.

There's a fair chance Adley's prime is right now, but all the ferocious ones in his orbit are just cutting their teeth, if even that.

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There's a fair chance Adley's prime is right now, but all the ferocious ones in his orbit are just cutting their teeth, if even that.

Wow, how quickly things change in Baseball land. A month ago Rutschman and Henderson were our Trout and Ohtani, now they're Wieters and Markakis (i.e., mere mortals).

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2 minutes ago, ShoelesJoe said:

Holliday SS

Rutschman C

Cowser CF

Basallo DH

Henderson 3B

Mayo RF

Kjerstad 1B

Westburg 2B

Beavers LF

 

 

With that lineup, who needs pitching? :)

 

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16 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

What are you talking about?

Rays extend young players.

I'm worried that ownership will continue to shy away from multi-year deals and will flip Aldey with two years of control remaining to get the best return.

You are correct about the Rays - they do have Wander Franco on an 11-year deal (we'll see if they hold on to him that long). They do have two others under contract pay 2025 -  Jeffrey Springs and Pete Fairbanks.

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24 minutes ago, ShoelesJoe said:

Holliday SS

Rutschman C

Cowser CF

Basallo DH

Henderson 3B

Mayo RF

Kjerstad 1B

Westburg 2B

Beavers LF

 

That’s a whole lot of LH bats in our future lineup. 

 

This assumes guys like Norby, Wagner. Willem, Lester don't make the bigs (at least for the Orioles) and Stowers and Ortiz are dealt?

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27 minutes ago, Yossarian said:

This assumes guys like Norby, Wagner. Willem, Lester don't make the bigs (at least for the Orioles) and Stowers and Ortiz are dealt?

Yes. Unless MLB figures out a way to add five new positions on a diamond I don't see how we keep everybody. 

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