This will be a talented team, but it won't be one in which fans can fall in love with and call each player by his first name. Baltimore fans have high standards concerning the type of player that wears the Oriole uniform and many took the Belle signing as an insult rather than an improvement. The Orioles quit developing quality players in their farm system years ago but until recently took a player's disposition into consideration before inking him to a free agent contract. The addition of Belle has killed that practice. Of course, there aren't many teams that can be embraced anymore.
Free agency deprives fans of their favorite players every year and turns rosters into turnstiles.
Of course, being 20 games out of first place on June 1 tends to keep fans away. The teams with the resources will always shell out the big bucks for an instant pennant run. If the money is there, it will be spent. The Orioles have gone that route as well, and fans will be left to watch the sinking of another great ship. Things may look good on paper, but paper doesn't win pennants.