Anyone who spends a perhaps unhealthy amount of their time thinking about the Orioles has been crunching roster move possibilities ever since Cedric Mullins pulled up while running to first base yesterday with a serious-looking injury that was given a serious-sounding initial diagnosis of a groin strain after the game. All of this thinking has involved internal options to the Orioles. They might be going a different direction entirely.
On Tuesday afternoon, writer Robert Murray from FanSided reported that the Orioles have shown “serious interest” in free agent outfielder Aaron Hicks. In ordinary circumstances, that’s not an outlet where I’d search for rumors, but this has been repeated by a few other reporters both local and national, including The Baltimore Banner’s Andy Kostka, who added that “a deal could come together quickly” as a result of the outfield situation.