The Baltimore Orioles saw their season come to an end on Wednesday, as the Kansas City Royals defeated them in the Wild Card Round.

Overall, it was a good season for the Orioles, as they made the playoffs and were the top-seeded Wild Card team.

However, the early exit in the playoffs feels like a bit of a disappointment for a team that was one of the best in the league in the first half of the season.

With the offseason now here for Baltimore, it is going to be a defining one for the franchise.

The Orioles have spent years rebuilding and have established a pretty solid roster of players.

This offseason, the Orioles made a big splash by bringing in Corbin Burnes from the Milwaukee Brewers in a trade.

Burnes is one of the best pitchers in baseball and was a great acquisition for Baltimore.

Unfortunately, the Orioles knew going into this year that he was going to be a free agent after the season.

With the campaign completed for Baltimore, that has become a reality.

The All-Star is expected to be one of if not the best pitchers available in free agency, and the asking price will surely be high.

For the Orioles, big free agent signings like this aren’t common, but they aren’t impossible.

While it’s not determined whether Baltimore can afford to keep him, Burnes’ comments after the game seemingly left the door open for a return to the Orioles.

“We’ll see what happens,” Burnes said to Jake Rill of MLB.com.

 “I haven’t thought much about what’s going on next. It’s going to be a crazy offseason, but still just trying to digest what happened.

It was an early exit to what we thought was going to be a long run.”