We’ll all look back at last season’s trade deadline as an incredibly profitable one for the Orioles and GM Mike Elias. The O’s front office turned two assets with declining value—Jorge López and Trey Mancini—and turned them into important pieces of this franchise’s foundation. Yennier Cano, seemingly a throw-in in the López trade, turned into a 2023 All-Star and integral part of the O’s bridge to the best closer in baseball in Félix Bautista. The trio of Cade Povich, Seth Johnson and Chayce McDermott—the former the headliner of the López deal and the latter two the return for Mancini—now form the nucleus of the next wave of Orioles starting pitching prospects.
Breaking down the Orioles’ most likely trade partners ahead of today’s deadline
