Orioles eyeing Padres $13M star to replace Corbin Burnes in blockbuster deal

The Baltimore Orioles aren't acrophobic to marque a large splash connected the commercialized market.

Baltimore knew it needed pitching heading into the 2024 play and went retired and landed Cy Young Award victor Corbin Burnes successful a blockbuster woody with the Milwaukee Brewers. The Orioles unluckily could extremity up losing him successful escaped agency, though.

Burnes is the apical disposable starter and apt volition onshore a woody implicit $200 cardinal aft Max Fried got $218 cardinal from the New York Yankees. It doesn't look similar Baltimore is going to conscionable that asking terms but that doesn't mean it won't adhd different star.

The Orioles reportedly person shown involvement successful San Diego Padres prima Dylan Cease, according to MLB Network's Jon Morosi.

"The Orioles are among the teams funny successful trading for Padres (right-handed pitcher) Dylan Cease," Morosi said. "As Baltimore’s hopes of retaining Corbin Burnes proceed to fade, trading for Cease is simply a morganatic option."

Cease is estimated to marque conscionable $13 cardinal successful 2025 successful his last twelvemonth earlier hitting escaped agency. He had a 3.47 ERA successful 2024 arsenic a subordinate of the Padres crossed a league-leading 33 starts made. He's conscionable 28 years aged and could person a akin interaction arsenic Burnes did successful 2024. It's unclear if helium volition really get moved, but helium would beryllium a fantastic backup enactment for Baltimore to regenerate Burnes.

Keep an oculus connected Baltimore arsenic the commercialized marketplace starts to vigor up arsenic escaped agents alert disconnected the market.

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