The Orioles’ offseason has already turned into a roster shake-up exercise, with the front office facing decisions all over the board as the 2027 MLB offseason gets rolling.
Pitching is at the center of it. Baltimore’s list of possible departures includes Trevor Rogers, Chris Bassitt, Zach Eflin, Andrew Kittredge, Keegan Akin and Albert Suarez.
The read here is that the Orioles don’t want any of them back, though most of them are still expected to be back in some form. The bigger issue is the rotation, not the bullpen, and the belief is that Baltimore needs to land higher-end help there.
Rogers received a qualifying offer, but the expectation is that he will turn it down, find a better deal elsewhere and leave the Orioles with a compensation pick.
The position-player side is just as unsettled. Ryan Mountcastle, Luis Robert Jr., Heston Kjerstad, Leody Taveras and Yohel Pozo are all listed as hitters on the move, with the sense that Baltimore has already moved on from that group.
Mountcastle is the one name with any real history of production in Baltimore, though that comes with the note that it was “three or four years go now.” There’s also the possibility that Mountcastle and Kjerstad end up as cheap additions elsewhere who bring some pop.
On the trade and free-agent target front, the Orioles are being linked to another pitching group that includes Shane McClanahan, Eduardo Rodriguez, Brandon Woodruff, Michael King, Dustin May, Adrian Morejon, Kevin Gausman and Nick Martinez. McClanahan stands out as the top target in this view, especially as a left-hander who has handled the AL East. Woodruff is framed as a possible value play, while Morejon is viewed as a potential starter conversion candidate in the Seth Lugo mold.
Baltimore’s wish list on offense is centered on outfield help and a catcher. The names mentioned there are Byron Buxton, Seiya Suzuki, Daulton Varsho, Ian Happ, Jonah Heim and Austin Hedges.
Varsho is seen as a possible center-field fit because of his glove and his ability to give a solid at-bat, while Suzuki and Happ are the former Cubs the Orioles could try to land. At catcher, the need is tied to pairing someone with Samuel Basallo, and Heim’s switch-hitting ability is noted as a possible advantage.
There hasn’t been much concrete movement yet, but the expectation is that a lot of these names would come through trades. The Orioles are described as a team that can’t really do major free-agent contracts and prefers rentals, while also wanting everyone to know they’re open for business. Jackson Holliday and Colton Cowser are also mentioned as players who should be moved out, too, at least as far as this offseason view goes.
One final note on the pitching market: the concern is that Baltimore could end up with another version of the Tyler O’Neill contract, and that it would be a disaster again.
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