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The Orioles have preferred their upgrades short-term and cheap. Will it be enough?

The trade deadline is just five days, and the needs are clear: some help for the starting rotation, plus a competent eighth-inning bridge guy who can occasionally play closer. Two losses to the last-place Marlins in a row (coming on shoddy outings by Albert Suárez and Chayce McDermott, respectively) aren’t changing that impression at all.

All that being said, the Orioles have done a good job with pitching upgrades this year: consider Burch Smith, with a 0.00 ERA and 6 strikeouts in four outings. Or Vinny Nittoli, also unblemished after four innings, with 3 strikeouts, zero walks, and two hits allowed.