The 2021 Orioles prospects have graduated to the major leagues, and another stellar group is coming up behind them.

We know how Orioles vice president and general manager Mike Elias operates and what he values. Trust that he’s already shown how he’ll chart a path forward.

Tate pitched well in 2022 before he was derailed by an elbow problem last season.

Just throw the ball over the plate and good things will happen. Chayce McDermott and Cade Povich had that reinforced by the automated balls and strikes called by Triple-A’s robot umpires.

The 2021 first-round draft pick has worked on the spacing between his hands and his body this winter after last season's travails in the big leagues.

Each year, Armbruester shows up to spring training with a new pitch in his repertoire. He’ll focus on learning how to use them effectively in Norfolk this year and could be on the cusp of a big-league call-up.

The younger players and older players in the Orioles’ clubhouse broadly consider the first baseman one of their own.

The No. 1 prospect will play a ton in Grapefruit League action, which begins Saturday, and have a chance to make an impression with every ground ball, at-bat or dugout conversation he has.

There’s reason to believe the Orioles have been accounting for Kyle Bradish's injury for a lot longer than we have.

The Orioles have more star power than they’ve had in years at the Ed Smith Stadium complex, both on the roster and off it, but it will take the entirety of that group to get them to the World Series.

The Orioles we saw win 101 games last season were built on the principal that such forecasts should be adhered to above all else.

Bobby Witt Jr. reached an extension with the Royals for 11 years and $288.8 million, and it can go for longer. Naturally, with a group led by billionaire David Rubenstein buying a stake in the Orioles, fans will wonder about deals for Gunnar Henderson and Jackson Holliday.

One year of Burnes at $15.6 million, provided he’s healthy, is the definition of value, especially when he’s being added to a rotation that already features emerging stars Kyle Bradish and Grayson Rodriguez.

Mike Elias has built the Orioles around the idea that the team could never spend as much as its peers. What happens if that’s no longer the case?

For years, the stadium lease and MASN dispute were at least plausible motivations behind the team keeping its payroll at the bottom of the league. Now, we’re about to find out just how relevant those factors really were.

It’s hard to see what the right return is with all the potential trades flying around.

The Orioles of a previous vintage used deferrals to keep the mid-2010s competitive window open. Chris Davis’ contract is, obviously, is the most extreme example.

There’s a chance, albeit not a great one, that this will be the first of many expenditures to give the Orioles a payroll more representative of a team with their aspirations.

One-year deals might not be the highest upside plays, but they often fill a need, have little long-term ramifications on roster construction, and allow flexibility in other areas.

They will be looking at a variety of factors, chief among them their own internal evaluations of the prospects and recent graduates.