A busy nonwaiver trade deadline day for the Orioles ended Tuesday when they snuck in a trade that sent star second baseman Jonathan Schoop to the Milwaukee Brewers for a three-player return, the fifth major trade the team has made since declaring they’d undergo a full-scale rebuild.
Of the five trades — including the deal that sent Manny Machado to the Los Angeles Dodgers, Zach Britton to the New York Yankees, Brad Brach to the Atlanta Braves, and then Kevin Gausman and Darren O’Day to the Braves — the Schoop return is most in line with what a long-term rebuilding club looking for impact should do.