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Sometimes, the baseball gods just don't smile down upon you.

Such is the situation that the Baltimore Orioles found themselves in during the ALCS against Kansas City, swept by the upstart wild-card club in four games. The sting felt from losing a playoff series is bad enough—being swept only makes the sting that much more painful.

Had Chris Davis, Manny Machado and Matt Wieters been available, perhaps things would have worked out differently. But that trio will be back on the field for Baltimore in 2015, and the Orioles have plenty to be proud of, including the team's first AL East crown since 1997.

That said, some changes are coming.

What follows is an overview of some of the decisions that the team is going to have to make—and some of the players they may look to in order to bolster the roster for a return trip to the ALCS, and perhaps the Fall Classic, in 2015.