The Orioles pulled off one of the great teardowns and build-ups in baseball history the past five years, but still can't get a postseason win.

They did not score in that situation and did not score much at all in getting swept by the Kansas City Royals in their AL Wild Card Series. Losses of 1-0 and 2-1 sent the Orioles out in a sweep in their only postseason series for a second consecutive year.

The Kansas Royals swept the Baltimore Orioles in the AL Wild Card series with a 2-1 victory on Wednesday, ending the Orioles' season without a playoff win.

Elias said he may have prioritized pitching too much and said he will have to approach the trade deadline differently in future seasons.

Mike Elias could have leaned on context to dull the pain. The postseason, with its tiny samples and outsized consequences, will always confound a baseball rationalist to some degree. But the Orioles’ executive vice president and general manager did not pretend everything was OK Thursday,