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Should the Baltimore Orioles trade Jonathan Schoop?

By Patrick Green

BALTIMORE, MD - JULY 09: Jonathan Schoop #6 of the Baltimore Orioles takes a swing during game two of a doubleheader baseball game against the New York Yankees at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on July 9, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland. The Yankees won 10-2. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
BALTIMORE, MD - JULY 09: Jonathan Schoop #6 of the Baltimore Orioles takes a swing during game two of a doubleheader baseball game against the New York Yankees at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on July 9, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland. The Yankees won 10-2. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) /
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BALTIMORE, MD – JULY 09: Jonathan Schoop #6 of the Baltimore Orioles takes a swing during game two of a doubleheader baseball game against the New York Yankees at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on July 9, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland. The Yankees won 10-2. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) /

As the Baltimore Orioles plummet to the bottom of the league standings and toward the #1 overall pick in 2019, should they make even bigger moves in their tear-down?

The Baltimore Orioles are neck-and-neck with the Kansas City Royals for the honorary distinction of being the worst team in the MLB. Each team is subtracting major pieces from their club, as they make a late-season push to outdo the other.

In baseball, there is only one winner and 29 losers. With that said, there is also only one team who finishes last in the standings and gets the first overall draft pick in 2019. Orioles or Royals? Don’t count out the Chicago White Sox just yet either.

According to Fangraphs projected standings, though, the Orioles are the team who will likely finish at that bottom of the barrel. After all, they do have the worst record in the majors as of this writing (31-74).

They have already cashed in on a half year of Manny Machado and Zach Britton in an attempt to replenish a desolate farm system which is devoid of international signees. To the O’s credit, it appears they got a fair package for Machado. They also somehow managed to attain one of the Yankees top-ten prospects for Zach Britton, who has not really been all that good since 2016.

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