MLB Free Agency: The Best Fits for Orioles Slugger Mark Trumbo

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It is very likely that Trumbo decides to stay in Baltimore. If Baltimore can offer the right money, Trumbo surely would love to return to the ballpark that saw him hit 25 home runs this past season. The Orioles would then maintain their insanely loaded power line up, and could focus on bringing in new additions instead of possible replacements.

Things likely wouldn’t be very different for Trumbo and the Orioles. A lot of Baltimore’s talent is locked in at least for the 2017 season, with Matt Wieters, Pedro Alvarez, and Steve Pearce being the only potential impact players not locked down. Baltimore could easily afford to resign these players, and likely won’t find it very hard to replace them on the free agent market.

The Orioles would then benefit from maintaining a core of the same players, allowing them to develop and further grow their chemistry. The team certainly would have playoff potential yet again, and could make it even further with the right pieces. The problem is though, that with resigning Trumbo Baltimore may not have the budget to sign high impact players.

The biggest factor of whether or not this deal goes down would be the money. Baltimore already owes big money to Chris Davis and Adam Jones. The Orioles haven’t been known to be huge spenders like other MLB teams, which just might make their chances all the more slim.

As appealing as a return to Baltimore may be for Trumbo, this is undeniably his best chance to cash out and receive big money. Although success his likely his biggest factor, personal reasons and money also play into the mix.