Baltimore Orioles 2021: Scouting, Projected Lineup, Season Prediction

The Orioles are rebuilding the team under a new front office regime. The team isn't ready to contend over a full season. It has one of the lowest payrolls in baseball.

The Orioles are in for several more lean years before they can make noise in the division. Cedric Mullins is one of the shortest players in their organization at 5'8". He hit the longest home run hit by an Oriole last season. The team is not interested in winning. They wouldn't even make modest expenditures to keep productive players like Hanser Alberto and Renato Nunez.

Mullins made history by throwing out Ji-Man Choi in the first-ever double play to begin an inning. Chris Davis was a big disappointment despite receiving a franchise-record $161 million contract in January 2016. Richie Martin missed the entire season with a wrist fracture. Pat Valaika was valuable for the Orioles. Bruce Zimmermann became the 12th Marylander to start for a major league team. He joined Evan Phillips, Dave Johnson, Steve Johnson and Ryan Meisinger. He also joined Tom Phoebus, Jack Fisher, Bruce Howard, John Miller, and Ray Moore.