In acquiring three high-minors pitchers for All-Star closer Zach Britton in a trade Tuesday night with the New York Yankees, Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette continued to seek prospects who have shown a track record of success and might be able to contribute sooner rather than later as he rids the Orioles of their veteran pending free agents.
Pitchers Dillon Tate, Cody Carroll and Josh Rogers come from the Yankees’ stacked farm system and, like the five-player haul from the Los Angeles Dodgers last week for star shortstop Manny Machado, fill in some obvious gaps in the Orioles’ farm system.