The Orioles waited up until the final moments of the 4:00 PM EST trade deadline on July 31 to ship Jonathan Schoop to the Milwaukee Brewers for a trio of players, capping the Orioles 2018 midseason sell-off.
The return for Schoop included veteran infielder Jonathan Villar, along with a pair of minor leaguers: starting pitcher Luis Ortiz and shortstop Jean Carmona. This trade was one of the more surprising moves of the summer because Schoop had more than one year left on his contract and was having a down year at the time of the trade.