MLB Insider: Orioles should get a White Sox star through trade
Bob Nightengale, national baseball writer for USA TODAY, anticipates the Baltimore Orioles to be busy and competitive throughout the offseason. He believes they ought to go for this talented pitcher.
In hopes of bettering their chances of winning in October, last summer the Baltimore Orioles traded three prospects to the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for starting pitcher Jack Flaherty.
The Orioles had hoped that a change of scenery might resurrect Flaherty, returning him to the budding star he was in 2019 when he finished fourth in National League Cy Young Award voting.
Instead, Flaherty struggled immensely, logging a 6.75 ERA over nine appearances and 34.2 IP with Baltimore. Despite finishing with the best record in the American League, the Orioles were swept out of the American League Division Series.
The Flaherty experiment failed.
With Kyle Gibson departing in free agency, inking a one-year deal with the Cardinals, Baltimore is in need of starting pitching. They are especially in need of a top of the rotation starter.
Longtime national baseball writer for USA TODAY, Bob Nightengale, has an idea of who the Orioles should be targeting to fill that void.
Nightengale recently visited the Jack Vita Show, where he pitched a potential trade target for Baltimore.
The Orioles have MLB Pipeline’s top-ranked farm system, filled to the brim with promising young position players. Nightengale is confident Cease will be moved this winter, and he thinks the Chicago White Sox and Baltimore could be a perfect match, as it relates to trade partners.
