{"id":70589,"date":"2025-07-23T07:51:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T07:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=70589"},"modified":"2025-07-23T07:51:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T07:51:49","slug":"orioles-rumors-former-gm-sees-one-path-that-could-rescue-baltimores-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=70589","title":{"rendered":"Orioles Rumors: Former GM sees one path that could rescue Baltimore\u2019s season"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"relative z-10\">\n<div class=\"article-intro mb-4 text-darkGrey font-group-large md:font-group-normal lg:font-group-large\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Baltimore may have just been handed a trade deadline lifeline<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"mb-0 md:mb-9 relative md:mx-10 md:mb-9\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_201,y_0,w_3399,h_1911\/c_fill,w_360,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2F11%2F01k0pyjxzbdt2k9cehyg.jpg 1x,  \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_201,y_0,w_3399,h_1911\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2F11%2F01k0pyjxzbdt2k9cehyg.jpg 2x, \n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_201,y_0,w_3399,h_1911\/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2F11%2F01k0pyjxzbdt2k9cehyg.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 719px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_201,y_0,w_3399,h_1911\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2F11%2F01k0pyjxzbdt2k9cehyg.jpg 1x, \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_201,y_0,w_3399,h_1911\/c_fill,w_1440,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2F11%2F01k0pyjxzbdt2k9cehyg.jpg 2x, \n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_201,y_0,w_3399,h_1911\/c_fill,w_1440,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2F11%2F01k0pyjxzbdt2k9cehyg.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 1079px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_201,y_0,w_3399,h_1911\/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2F11%2F01k0pyjxzbdt2k9cehyg.jpg 1x, \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_201,y_0,w_3399,h_1911\/c_fill,w_2160,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2F11%2F01k0pyjxzbdt2k9cehyg.jpg 2x,\n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_201,y_0,w_3399,h_1911\/c_fill,w_2160,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2F11%2F01k0pyjxzbdt2k9cehyg.jpg 3x\" media=\"(min-width: 1080px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"May 2, 2025; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Baltimore Orioles pitcher Felix Bautista (74) and Baltimore Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman (35) hug after a game against the Kansas City Royals at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_201,y_0,w_3399,h_1911\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/11\/01k0pyjxzbdt2k9cehyg.jpg\" alt=\"May 2, 2025; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Baltimore Orioles pitcher Felix Bautista (74) and Baltimore Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman (35) hug after a game against the Kansas City Royals at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images\" width=\"3399\" height=\"1911\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\">May 2, 2025; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Baltimore Orioles pitcher Felix Bautista (74) and Baltimore Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman (35) hug after a game against the Kansas City Royals at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images | Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap justify-center lg:justify-normal\">\n<div class=\"flex lg:mr-4 lg:w-[calc(70%-3em)] max-w-full\"><main class=\"min-w-0 flex-1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewablity-block\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">With the MLB trade deadline arriving next week, Baltimore Orioles&#8217; general manager Mike Elias\u00a0confirmed that the team will be sellers\u00a0at the deadline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">While\u00a0revealing that information, Elias confirmed that the Orioles are not engaging in a full rebuild, with the idea being that the team can return to contention in 2026.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\"><em>\u201cThe conversations I\u2019m having right now are more oriented toward what\u2019s out there for some of our available major league players. We\u2019re not blowing up the team. We think we\u2019re going to be very good again in 2026 and have that intention. We\u2019re not interested in changing the foundation of the team.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">That direction likely sees the Orioles looking to move their impending free agents before the deadline. Ryan O&#8217;Hearn and Cedric Mullins are near the top of that list, and chances are each will be moved as part of an active time for the Orioles&#8217; front office between now and August 1.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Former GM throws Orioles a potential trade deadline rescue<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Along those lines, Jim Bowden was more direct in talking about what the Orioles need to do before the deadline. In\u00a0his latest deadline primer for The Athletic, Bowden wasn&#8217;t shy about saying that the Orioles can return to contention as soon as 2026\u00a0if the right moves are made at the deadline.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">There&#8217;s no doubt that the deadline is an important moment for Elias&#8217; tenure as the general manager of the Orioles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Orioles&#8217; firing Brandon Hyde earlier in the season has placed Elias on the hot seat, but he&#8217;s been allowed to navigate the team out of the disappointing 2025 season with a better outlook for 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">However, that would take a level of urgency from Elias&#8217; front office that wasn&#8217;t exactly present this past offseason.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Moving rentals at the deadline should be a certainty for the Orioles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">However, if they truly want to reshape their roster while still having a path toward contending in 2026, trading Felix Bautista could be the key move.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">With Bautista under control until 2028, the Orioles are in a\u00a0position to command young talent that can provide an immediate impact if they make their closer available at the deadline.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baltimore may have just been handed a trade deadline lifeline May 2, 2025; 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