Looking at what they have available.
Coby Mayo 3B/1B/DH
Mayo is a poor fielding 3B with a cannon arm and serious power. He has no place to play right now with the Orioles. He might push Westburg or Mountcastle out at some point, but not yet.
Samuel Basallo C
With Rutschmann firmly entrenched behind the plate as one of the best young catchers in the game, Basallo is expendable. He was exposed when facing older pitching at AAA, but he was just about the youngest player at that level.
One of them would be a good headline piece for Cease.
Then you have even more prospects that a tier below. Just out of top 100 range.
Helton Kjerstad LF
They don’t believe Kjerstad is ready nor do they think he will be anytime soon because they signed O’Niell to a 3/50 deal. Kjerstad has 147 PA, so not rookie elligible, but even before getting those last 17 PA, he had fallen out of the top 100 prospects in mid-season updates. Still a great young prospect in my opinion.
Chase McDermott RHP
McDermott got a cup of coffee in the majors and struggled. His control issues followed him from AAA to the Orioles. He has walked 5.6 per 9 at AA and AA over the last 2 seasons. Good stuff. Bad command. At 26 he is not young anymore. The Orioles #5 prospect, but not a top 100 prospect or close.
Brandon Young RHP
Another 26 year old, Young is a 6’6″ pitcher that does not have overwhelming stuff, sitting 92.93 mph. Not what I expected when I saw his size. He is the prototypical back of the rotation type if he makes it to the majors.
Beyond those two, there are no other pitching prospects that are near MLB ready or that are in the upper part of their prospect lists
That leaves major league pitching.
Albert Suarez is 35 in 2025. That is a no.
Kyle Bradish is injured. TJ surgery. And won’t be back until June at the earliest. That is a no.
Not sure who else they have.
3 team trade that sends Mayo or Basallo plus Kjerstad and another SP to the Padres and Cease and another prospect to the Orioles?
