The 2025 trade deadline is set for July 31 at 6pm Eastern. Up until then, teams can freely trade players as they like. It is not uncommon for deals completed at the last minute to only be reported after the deadline has passed.
The Orioles have an off day on the 31st, so for them, the deadline won’t even be any disruption to a game that night.
Here’s the trades the Orioles have made so far in July, followed by a list of players who could still be on the move before the deadline:
The trades
July 10: Orioles trade
Bryan Baker to the Rays for competitive balance draft pick (#37 overall)
Mike Elias surprised everyone by trading a reliever with multiple seasons of team control remaining in order to cash in an extra draft pick. The Orioles ended up using that pick on a high school outfielder named Slater de Brun, who received an overslot bonus of $4 million (pick value of about $2.6 million).
Baker has allowed six runs in 4.2 innings since joining the Rays and has taken the loss in two games. As I wrote at the time of the deal, it’s worth remembering the Orioles were probably only an Andrew Kittredge injury away from getting rid of Baker at the end of spring training.
July 25: Orioles trade Gregory Soto to the Mets for Wellington Aracena, Cameron Foster
The Orioles acquired Soto for two pitching prospects at the deadline a year ago and they sent him packing for two pitching prospects as a two-month rental this year. In between those things, he posted a 4.33 ERA as an Oriole. It’s a disappointing number for a player who was intended as a back-end bullpen guy.
In the deal, the Orioles received 20-year-old Low-A prospect Aracena, who’s striking out a lot of guys but also walking too many guys, and the 26-year-old reliever Foster. In general, a guy who’s 26 and mostly in a Double-A bullpen isn’t all that interesting, but this is the first year of the reliever conversion for Foster. (article)
Free agents after this season
This pool of players is the group that will be viewed as expendable by Mike Elias ahead of the deadline. No guarantee of other teams offering value to make a trade worth it.
- Zach Eflin
- Charlie Morton
- Tomoyuki Sugano
- Cedric Mullins
- Seranthony Domínguez
- Ryan O’Hearn
Free agents after 2026
How Elias feels about his internal options or whether he’s blown away by a trade offer will probably impact whether these players are moved.
- Andrew Kittredge
- Ramón Laureano
- Ramón Urías
- Trevor Rogers
- Keegan Akin
With the Orioles needing to return to competitive baseball next season, I don’t want to see anyone dealt who might help for 2026. It’s not up to me.
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