Baltimore Orioles: Three players likely to be moved at the trade deadline

Will other teams be interested in Baltimore Orioles starter Tommy Milone?

Let’s stay in the starting rotation for the final likely Baltimore Orioles piece to be moved and look at Tommy Milone. Yes, the 33-year-old soft-tossing lefty is very likely to be moved at this year’s MLB trade deadline thanks to a handful of effective outings this season.

Milone is 1-3 with a 4.13 ERA with the Orioles but his FIP is nearly a full run lower at 3.18 and he’s already accumulated 0.7 Wins Above Replacement, per FanGraphs. He hasn’t posted an fWAR above 1.0 since 2015 with the Minnesota Twins.

Milone has struck out 25 and walked just three in 24 innings this season, thanks in large part to his effective changeup. Milone has used his changeup 38.7% of the time and it’s produced a near 40% whiff rate up to this point. Milone is effective once or twice through an order and three of his six starts have gone at least five innings in 2020.

Playoff teams looking for a fifth starter or long-reliever to bring in behind a high-powered righty should be on the phone with the Baltimore Orioles at the deadline.

He won’t cost much to acquire, but from the Orioles’ perspective, getting something in return for Milone is a win. Just like we mentioned with Alex Cobb, moving Milone also makes more inning available to rookie pitchers waiting in the wings to make their Camden Yards debuts.

It will be very interesting to see how active the Baltimore Orioles will be at this year’s deadline, but they do have plenty of pieces other MLB teams will be interested in.