Good morning, Camden Chatters.
Who said this was going to be a boring offseason for the Orioles? (Full disclosure: I did. Numerous times.)
Mike Elias has been wheeling and dealing since the calendar turned to December, trading Orioles 2019 WAR leader Jonathan Villar and former first round pick-turned-rotation mainstay Dylan Bundy to the Marlins and Angels, respectively, and netting five pitching prospects in return.
One thing Villar and Bundy had in common — aside from being two of the few players that casual O’s fans have actually heard of — is that both were arbitration eligible and set to see a salary increase that the Orioles weren’t really comfortable paying.