Orioles add 2-time All-Star pitcher at trade deadline
The Baltimore Orioles added more players on Tuesday to help them for their postseason run.
Early on Tuesday, the Orioles acquired left-handed pitcher Trevor Rogers in a trade with the Miami Marlins. Then later in the day, Baltimore beat the deadline and acquired relief pitcher Gregory Soto in a trade with the Philadelphia Phillies.
Baltimore sent pitchers Moises Chace and Seth Johnson to the Phillies in return for Soto.
The 29-year-old Soto was an All-Star closer for Detroit in 2021 and 2022. The Phillies acquired Soto in a trade with the Tigers in 2023, though he hasn’t fared as well for them.
Soto went 5-8 with a 4.42 ERA over 95.2 innings in his Phillies career, including a 4.08 ERA this season. He still posted 10.3 strikeouts per nine innings with Philly.
Baltimore’s bullpen will now include Soto in addition to Craig Kimbrel and Seranthony Dominguez.
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White Sox trade Eloy Jiménez to Orioles, Paul DeJong to Royals and Tanner Banks to Phillies
CHICAGO – Eloy Jiménez hasn’t showcased the power he’s accustomed to displaying this season. But the designated hitter will get the chance to revive his output in a stretch run with the Baltimore Orioles. The Chicago White Sox traded Jiménez in a deadline-day move Tuesday afternoon. Jiménez is slashing .240/.297/.345 with five home runs and 16 RBIs in 65 games. He has been sidelined on a couple of occasions in 2024 because of injury, missing time from April 1-15 with a left adductor strain and May 22 to June 23 with a left hamstring strain. Injuries have often been an issue for Jiménez. He was on the injured list eight times with the Sox since April 2019.
Jiménez has a .270/.321/.469 slash line with 94 home runs and 291 RBIs in 501 career games with the Sox. Acquired as part of the July 2017 trade that sent pitcher Jose Quintana to the Cubs, Jiménez finished fourth in the American League Rookie of the Year voting in 2019 and earned a Silver Slugger Award the next season. He was limited to 55 games because of injury in 2021 and 84 games in 2022. Jiménez played in 120 games last season, finishing with 18 home runs and 64 RBIs.
And now he’ll try to bounce back after a slow start to 2024 with the Orioles. Paul DeJong, the shortstop who already has more home runs this season than he did in all of 2023, was also traded Tuesday to the Kansas City Royals. The Sox will receive minor league right-hander Jarold Rosado in return. The 22-year-old had a 1.85 ERA and four saves with 45 strikeouts in 39 innings at Class A Columbia.
