Pondering a few baseball questions before the feast

By Steve Melewski

Orioles

November 22, 2017, 6:00pm

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Sending out a wish today that everyone has a great Thanksgiving and weekend with family and friends. It remains as true today as ever: I'm thankful for the readers of this blog and that so many post questions and comments to keep a great conversation going through the year.

During this offseason to this point we have written about here and debated several questions surrounding the Orioles. Today I will throw out a few topics from recent weeks. Feel free to add your own in and around trips to the dinner table.

* Which free agent pitchers should the Orioles look to acquire? What should be most important in analyzing those players?

* Is Tim Beckham the regular shortstop in 2018?

* Can Chris Davis bounce back enough with his play in 2018 to win some fans back?

* Does the team have a good chance of re-signing Manny Machado or any of the other players with one year left on their contracts?

* Will Hunter Harvey pitch in the majors this coming season?

Some light reading: MLB.com's Richard Justice feels O's fans should be thankful for Adam Jones. While Jones certainly has his share of critics on this blog, here's a national writer that sees Jones as a winner and someone that has been important on and off the field in Baltimore.