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<\/p>\nThe core of the Orioles roster was untouched by Thursday\u2019s trade activity.<\/p>\n
Everyone will still recognize this team. At the same time, the trades caused a lot of upheaval. Just on Thursday, the Orioles traded two infielders, two outfielders, a starting pitcher, and a reliever.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s added to the three relievers who were traded earlier in July.<\/p>\n
The roster moves announced ahead of Friday\u2019s game against the Cubs brought in a number of different faces, of whom some are familiar and others are not.<\/p>\n
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Some of the moves were made on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The Orioles placed Zach Eflin on the injured list with a recurrence of his lower back injury, effectively ruling him out as a trade candidate, and recalled starting pitcher Brandon Young. The team also recalled infielder Jeremiah Jackson and righty reliever Yaramil Hiraldo. Typically, these two players would have had to have a minimum 10 day stay in the minors, but that rule doesn\u2019t apply if replacing a traded player.<\/p>\n
Before the Friday afternoon game, the Orioles also announced these roster moves:<\/p>\n
I think it\u2019s a real insult to Orioles fans that prospect Dylan Beavers is not among these call-ups. I should be used to this from Mike Elias by now, yet I\u2019m still surprised in this instance.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s absurd to have traded away two outfielders and replace neither one with an age-23 outfielder (he\u2019ll be 24 in ten days) who is batting .304\/.414\/.502 across 83 games for Triple-A Norfolk this season. Beavers has to go on the 40-man roster this offseason, so it\u2019s not like this is jumping the gun for that.<\/p>\n
Give Beavers the chance because the Orioles need to know if he\u2019s going to be able to be a major league contributor or not. And not that Elias cares about this at all, but O\u2019s fans deserve to have at least one real prospect get a chance over the last two months so that this massive sell-off doesn\u2019t just open holes for a bunch of retreads who don\u2019t deserve to be in MLB again.<\/p>\n
In essence, the Orioles have chosen Vavra over playing Beavers. That\u2019s an absolute joke. Find out if the guy can play when the in-season stakes are zeroed out.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a different kind of insult to not see Samuel Basallo here. At least that one is one that I can understand. A player with his hitting talent should hopefully have a decent chance of competing to be Rookie of the Year over a full season next year.<\/p>\n
Doing that means waiting to call him up until after he will maintain rookie eligibility for 2026.<\/p>\n
I think we\u2019ll see Basallo at the end of the month. Hopefully we see Beavers around then as well. Until then, we get Vavra and we get more Alex Jackson – who, to be fair, has been a fun story with his \u201call hits are extra-base hits\u201d streak.<\/p>\n
As for the other players: V\u00e1zquez is mostly notable for having been pressed into service as an emergency pitcher three separate times, and he\u2019s still got a 0.00 ERA after 3.1 innings.<\/p>\n
Jackson is a guy who I\u2019m hoping gets an extended look over the last couple of months, not so much because I think he\u2019ll be good as he\u2019s earned the chance and the Orioles should be giving guys chances. Vavra, we know.<\/p>\n
There might be one more roster move still before game time. The least consequential trade that the Orioles made yesterday was acquiring pitcher Dietrich Enns from the Tigers for cash considerations. Enns, a 34-year-old lefty, pitched in Japan and Korea over the last few years. He had a 5.60 ERA in seven games with Detroit this year and was doing fairly well with their Triple-A team before that.<\/p>\n
He may not stay for long, depending on when the Orioles plan to activate Cade Povich.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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