Immediately before the first pitch of Sunday’s spring training game against the Detroit Tigers, MASNsports.com Roch Kubatko announced that the Baltimore Orioles have made a trade with the Minnesota Twins. The O’s are sending international bonus pool money to Minnesota in exchange for RHP Xavier Moore.
Last week, the Baltimore Orioles sent international bonus pool money to the Texas Rangers for RHP David Lebron, following that up by sending $750,000 to Minnesota for Moore, a 20-year-old former 16th-round pick of the Rangers.
While the organization has emphasized its desire to spend internationally, general manager Mike Elias has also stated on multiple occasions that he isn’t going to spend money just to spend money.