Officials from the Baltimore Orioles and the state government unveiled the outlines of a future lease at Camden Yards with great fanfare this fall. There still are a lot of unanswered questions.
The Camden Yards lease agreement is misguided and disregards decades of good work by Maryland Stadium Authority employees, Thomas Kelso, chairman of the Stadium Authority from 2015 to 2023, says.
At some point — quite possibly this exact one the Orioles are in — trading for other clubs’ prospects with the idea that they might be contributors down the line simply stops feeling appropriate.
As exciting as the 101-win Orioles season bodes for a competitive future, the biggest questions looming over the offseason, from long-term contracts to impact free agents, are shadowed by the owner's buzz-killing comments to the New York Times.
Yes, the Orioles won 101 games and captured the AL East. But they got bounced from the playoffs in three games. Now comes the hard part: figuring out how to sustain success long term.