Baltimore Orioles Owner Issues Declaration Which Should Have Fans Pumped

After a disappointing finish to the 2024 season, are the Orioles preparing to step it up this offseason?

Baltimore Orioles fans wave rally towels before game two of the Wild Card round for the 2024 MLB Playoffs against the Kansas City Royals at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Oct 2. / Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images

After winning 101 games and capturing the American League East in 2023, the Baltimore Orioles were supposed to challenge for a World Series title in 2024.

But it wasn't to be as the O's fizzled over the last few months of the season. Though Baltimore made the playoffs as the top wild card team, they were unable to repeat as division champions and ultimately were swept in the best-of-three wild card round by the Kansas City Royals.

However, new owner David Rubenstein recently made some comments to NPR that should have the fanbase excited for what's coming:

“So I have to recognize that it may not happen. I’m now 75 years old. It’s unlikely that I’ll be, you know, doing this for 20 more years. So I’ve got to speed up the effort to get [to] a World Series a lot sooner than maybe some younger owners would.”

It seems as if Rubenstein grasps the sense of urgency with the organization, and that's a good thing. After all, the Orioles are in a window where Adley Rutschman, Gunnar Henderson, Jordan Westburg, Jackson Holliday and Grayson Rodriguez are all on rookie contracts. There is room to spend around that young core and Rubenstein has enough capital to go and make almost anything happen.

And he'll need to, given that both Corbin Burnes and Anthony Santander are ticketed for free agency. Both players should get deals that eclipse $150 million easily, and they could easily surpass $200 million as well.

Baltimore hasn't won a World Series since 1983.

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