The Orioles made another move to try to improve their starting rotation in the hours leading up to MLB’s trade deadline on Tuesday afternoon, acquiring lefty Trevor Rogers from the Miami Marlins. The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal was the first to report on the deal. The price of the trade: Connor Norby AND Kyle Stowers.
This is an underwhelming trade on its face, and probably outright upsetting for anyone who is convinced of the future of either Norby or Stowers to be solid major league regular-level players. Rogers, 26, has posted a 4.53 ERA and 4.42 FIP across 21 starts this season, averaging almost exactly five innings per start.