According to the likes of Ken Rosenthal (among others), the Baltimore Orioles have made a trade with Miami today – deadline day. Southpaw pitcher Trevor Rogers is headed to Baltimore. In return, the Orioles are sending infielder Connor Norby and Kyle Stowers to Miami.
Rogers is only 2-9 this season with a 4.53 ERA. However his ERA over his career the last four years is only 4.23. Losing Norby and Stowers hurts the Orioles, however it also shows how competitive the trade market is right now. Teams are having to overpay, and the O’s will have to overpay on top of that because of how stacked their farm system is.
I suspect a lot of Orioles fans will say this is an underwhelming move. I might be inclined to agree. But the deadline isn’t here yet. And the fact is that they did get a starter, which they need. Rogers is under team control through the 2026 season.
It’s also worth mentioning that at least at this point, not many teams have made massive splashes. So it isn’t as if New York has improved itself by leaps and bounds, and the Orioles have stood idly by. The goal right now is to win the division. So in the immediate interim, New York is the only competition.
That, and the fact is that the Birds are a better team than they were a few days ago when the trades began. Not leaps and bounds better, but they’re a better team. And there’s still time and the necessary prospects to get even better. For what it’s worth, neither team has confirmed the trade as of yet.
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