The roster rules brought on by the shortened 2020 MLB season led to more trades than usual being resolved with players to be named later, or PTBNL. The Orioles made a number of these deals through the month or so that teams were allowed to make trades. On Monday afternoon, they settled the last of their PTBNL deals, receiving 18-year-old pitcher Miguel Padilla from the Astros.
The trade that ultimately netted Padilla sent pitcher Hector Velazquez to Houston. If your first reaction to Velazquez’s name is, “Who?” that’s probably because he never actually pitched for the Orioles.