By james art 
Although the Baltimore Orioles made moves this off -season, they were still small, even if we didn’t mention how dubious they were.
The club added Tyler O’Neal, a commonly injured outfield with a three -year contract for $ 49.5 million, Gary Sanchez, a hunter who is entering his 33 -year -old campaign, which is, to say the least , A 35-year-old Pitcher who has never set foot on a MLB court.
The only signing they made and made sense was the addition of Charlie Morton to their rotation. As Morton is entering his season at the age of 41, his last four years have been solid with Atlanta Braves, seeing the veteran step to 3.87 ERA in 686 1/3 innings in 124 starts, recording for 30 or more matches in each.
Another team in MLB went in the opposite direction of Orioles, spending freely and often for the biggest names, Los Angeles Dodgers.
After winning the World Series in 2024, Dodgers felt the taste of victory and wanted more, and their spending drew the anger of fans across the country, with many claiming that the team is ruining the sport.
Although excessive delay due to CBA door is not something that should be allowed to continue with the next CBA, Baltimore has some of the blame for the madness of Los Angeles’ costs, as he does not want to spend any money.
“It’s not as if Orioles had completely abandoned freedom of action,” Varari D. Raimer wrote in a recent Bleacher Report article. “Just over half of their $ 96 million dollars went to Tyler O’Neal alone, who signed a three -year deal for $ 49.5 million in December. Charlie Morton, Tomoyuki Sugano and Andrew Kitrridge also received eight -digit sums from Baltimore. “
“However, it is fair for Orioles fans to want more right now, and not just because the franchise has spent the last six seasons in the MLB sludge for salaries. This is the first out -of -season of Orioles under the new owner David Rubenstein, whose net value is estimated at $ 4.1 billion. The only acceptable explanation for the lack of higher costs is that it saves them to extend the contract, but none of them is materialized. or. ”
The new main owner David Rubenstein is not the one who has to carry any guilt, as he gave to understand earlier in the off-season that he is ready to spend to win.
Mike Elias, on the other hand, showed a complete lack of urgency to spend someone else’s money and make this team a bigger contender in the American League East.
In their current form, Orioles are mainly stagnant in all aspects of the game, while other contenders have spent big money this winter to improve.
Although not entirely Baltimore’s fault is that Dodgers have far exceeded all previous salary records for a season, their lack of expenses, when capable, is certainly one of the catalysts.