The Orioles and Padres were close to that Melvin Upton-Ubaldo Jimenez swap. The Padres also wanted two prospects from fairly deep in the O’s system.
The Orioles did not end up pulling off the swap that would have sent Ubaldo Jimenez to the Padres and outfielder Melvin Upton to Baltimore, but they came very close to doing so before Upton was shipped to the Blue Jays instead.
On Tuesday morning, Ken Rosenthal, who first reported on the Jays landing Upton, said that the O’s had offered two prospects to the Padres, in addition to Jimenez, but the deal broke down over finances.