Tag: trades
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The Orioles can’t go into the 2026 season with 3 right handed first basemen on the roster. Right? Right?

Before the Orioles added Pete Alonso to their roster they already had more right handed first basemen than they needed. Now that they have Pete Alonso they have WAY more right handed first basemen than they need Out of all the positions to have a surplus of, first base is a problematic one. An extra…
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The Orioles just made their most aggressive trade yet. Was it good?

Even if I haven’t understood every move they’ve made so far I have enjoyed this Orioles offseason. After years of being intensely risk averse Mike Elias has suddenly adopted a real “you only live once” mentality and one by one he’s checking things off his wishlist with much less reserve for the cost of those…
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Ranking the Orioles Starting Pitching Trade Targets

Of the two main ways that a team can improve their rotation trades are the most fun. With free agency you are limited to whoever happens to reach free agency in a given year but with trades technically every pitcher in the league is available. Unfortunately the old adage “you can never have too much…