Matt Garza
Garza is also not a front of the rotation starter, but for a contender looking bolster the back end of starting corps like the Orioles, he could make a lot of sense. The 32-year old right-hander just came back from the disabled list, and threw four innings in his first start, yielding one run on eight hits to the San Francisco Giants.
He is no longer the kind of pitcher who will flirt with a 200-strikeout season, but Garza has proven to be slightly better than replacement level throughout his career, and in the previous two seasons in Milwaukee was a reliable arm every fifth day. His 2015 numbers of 6-14 with a 5.63 earned run average and full season career worsts in strikeout-to-walk ratio, WHIP, FIP, and hits per nine innings may scare teams off, though.
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Garza would also not be a half-season rental, as he is signed through 2017 at $12.5 million a season and has a vesting option of $13 million in 2018. If he doesn’t meet that vesting option, though, it becomes a $5 million team option. Were he to return to his 2014 form, when he went 8-8 with a 3.64 ERA and was worth 1.4 bWAR, those salary figures could turn out to be quite the bargain.