It’s already been an active trade season, but the AL East-leading Orioles have been bit players to this point with several holes still to fill. Their starting rotation feels at least one arm light, and the bridge from starter to superstar close Félix Bautista remains a work in progress.
Mike Elias and his front office are notoriously tight-lipped, leaving any rumors coming out of Baltimore to be few and far between. But given the team’s place in the standings, the lack of any clear cut front-runner on the junior circuit, and Baltimore’s wealth of prospects, it just feels like the O’s are primed to make some sort of substantial move.