BALTIMORE -- Orioles manager Buck Showalter was quick to praise closer Zach Britton on Monday afternoon. Showalter then added a disclaimer that he wasn't pumping up the lefty to help his trade value.
"He doesn't need it," Showalter said.
Britton, who has the interest of more than a half dozen teams, certainly does not. The market for the lefty intensified last week, and it's unlikely he will be with the Orioles by the end of the week. Baltimore, which traded superstar Manny Machado in a deal that netted them five prospects, will get a front row seat for one of Britton's suitors this week as the Red Sox come to town.