As the final hour before today’s nonwaiver trade deadline approached, the Orioles were in 11th-hour final negotiations to trade second baseman Jonathan Schoop and possibly right-hander Kevin Gausman, according to an industry source, potentially taking their rebuild to the next step of moving players that are controllable beyond this season.
It was unclear what teams these discussions were with, but the Orioles have been engaged in serious discussions with several teams about players that are under team control beyond the 2018 season, including Schoop, Gausman, right-hander Dylan Bundy and right-hander reliever Mychal Givens.