Above anything and everything else, the Orioles need a bigboy centerfielder in 2027.

They need a real, proven, everyday player there who can defend the position and handle the bat. They need to have a real spine to their baseball team, something failed baseball exec Mike Elias just doesn’t seem to care about. They need catchers who can catch and throw and a legit double-play combination and the centerfielder who commands the outfield and serves as a field general .

It’s nothing short of mandatory. The Elias Way has to change. Adjustments to roster construction must be made; foundational ones. If this isn’t a priority, and rather than do the right thing and shop the heck out of Colton Cowser , they run it back with a bunch of dudes like Cowser and Christian Franklin pretending they can do it, nothing is going to change for the better.

It’s been a wasteland, it cannot continue, and the answers are not within.…