The Baltimore Orioles pulled off one of their first major moves of the new year by trading Yovani Gallardo to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for OF Seth Smith.
But despite adding Smith to the mix, the Orioles still want to bolster their roster. And the team wants to do that by adding another left-handed outfielder before camp.
Orioles manager Buck Showalter said the following about the situation:
[Just] because of the way the at-bats would work out. You are talking about 400 or 500 at-bats as opposed to 100 or 200.