Heading into Meetings, O’s have voids to fill

BALTIMORE — The Orioles head to next week’s Winter Meetings in quite an interesting position. On the heels of an offseason in which they spent very, very big — namely for first baseman Chris Davis — Baltimore has some sizable holes on its roster heading into 2017.

MLB.com and MLB Network will have wall-to-wall coverage of the 2016 Winter Meetings from the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center outside Washington, D.C. The Meetings begin next Monday. Fans can catch live streaming of all news conferences and manager availability on MLB.com, including the Rule 5 Draft on Dec. 8 at 10 a.m. ET.

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A team that advanced to the American League Wild Card Game notably lost Mark Trumbo and Matt Wieters to free agency, leaving it without a catcher and a power bat in Trumbo, who led the Majors in homers with 47. The O’s will have to fill both corner-outfield spots alongside center fielder Adam Jones and, while executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette has said otherwise, there should be at …

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