As we watch some homegrown Orioles excel in recent days – with players like Austin Hays, Ryan Mountcastle and Adley Rutschman coming to mind – it might be exciting for Birdland to ponder a future with even more of the same.
A future where more homegrown and original Orioles join the current crop to produce the first legit playoff contending team in Baltimore since the 2016 American League Wild Card club. A future with players like Gunnar Henderson, Jordan Westburg, Kyle Stowers, Grayson Rodriguez and DL Hall all together in the major leagues. With Hays, Mountcastle, Rutschman and the rest.
Hey, that could be fun.
And that nucleus, likely with a few key additions, could produce a unit that could be playing meaningful games deep into the year and maybe even playing postseason games in October.
Where once a segment of the fanbase expressed opinions here that the Orioles are so far away they may never get there, now maybe it is within reach.
