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Orioles Acquire Bud Norris

By Steve Adams | July 31, 2013 at 3:33pm CDT

The Orioles have acquired Bud Norris and an international bonus slot from the Astros in exchange for outfielder L.J. Hoes, left-hander Josh Hader and a 2014 Competitive Balance pick. The Orioles won the second pick of Comp Round A in this year’s Competitive Balance lottery. In 2013, that would’ve been the No. 35 pick, which carried a value of $1.588MM. The Astros will send the No. 91 international bonus slot in the deal, which is valued at $213K.

Norris

Norris, 28, has a 3.93 ERA with 6.4 K/9 and 3.1 BB/9 in 126 innings with the Astros this season. Despite being Houston’s highest paid player, Norris is earning just $3MM in 2013. He is controlled through 2015 and is eligible for arbitration for the second time this offseason. With Norris now in Baltimore, Erik Bedard becomes the highest-paid player on the Astros’ roster at just $1.15MM — an unthinkable concept in today’s game.

Hoes, a 23-year-old outfielder, ranked as Baltimore’s No. 6 prospect prior to the season according to Baseball America. Selected by the Orioles in the third round of the 2008 draft, Hoes is batting .304/.406/.403 in 430 plate appearances for Triple-A Norfolk this season. BA notes that Hoes is a pure hitter with a nice line-drive swing with plenty of patience that should lead to high on-base percentages. If his power develops, he profiles as an everyday left fielder, according to BA.

Hader ranked 19th among Orioles prospects prior to the season according to BA, but MLB.com’s Jonathan Mayo has him ranked fifth among O’s prospects in the midseason edition of his list, thanks to a strong season at Class-A Delmarva. In 85 innings this season, the 19-year-old Hader has a 2.65 ERA with 8.4 K/9 and 4.4 BB/9. According to Mayo, Hader sits 89-93 mph with his fastball, and his curveball and changeup both project to be average pitches at the least.

The Orioles were the most aggressive team in trades this July, acquiring Scott Feldman, Francisco Rodriguez and Norris to bolster their pitching staff. The Astros, meanwhile, dealt Norris and Jose Veras to continue to build what has become a strong farm system.

Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports first reported that the two sides had reached an agreement for Hoes and a Competitive Balance pick (Twitter links). Dan Connolly of the Baltimore Sun reported that Hader was involved in the deal (on Twitter).

Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images.

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  1. Phillies2017

    3 years ago

    Lol! I got a notification for this on May 7th, 2018 and was so confused!

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    • pickme123

      3 years ago

      phew. i’m not the only one

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  2. acarneglia

    3 years ago

    I’m getting a notification about something that happened 4 years ago lol

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  3. AidanVega123

    3 years ago

    Lol

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    • pickme123

      3 years ago

      mega oof

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  4. pickme123

    3 years ago

    Anyone else just get this as a push notification on their phone … 4 years too late? (5/7/18)

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  5. jfv33

    3 years ago

    I think Josh Hader will be a good Brewer some day!! Lmao

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  6. Padres2019ha

    3 years ago

    Haha

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  7. KCelts

    3 years ago

    I was about to flip out there, MLBTR.

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  8. a1544

    3 years ago

    Heard this josh hader kid is gonna be pretty good

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  9. 2012orioles

    3 years ago

    The Orioles wish it was 2013 and they could redo all the mistakes that led them to where they are now.

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  10. jamespoohbear

    3 years ago

    It’s not April 1st…is it?

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  11. javier

    3 years ago

    I seen it and I was like what the heck the cardinals just traded there closer and he’s doing amazing?? Then o seen 4 years ago and I was relieved.

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  12. camdenyards46

    3 years ago

    I am an Orioles fan and I never knew we even had Josh Hader… I regret clicking on this notification

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  13. nsmith12641

    3 years ago

    Got an update a few years ago like this that the Rays signed Jose Molina only to realize it was 3 years old at the time, I was very confused as to why the orioles would trade for Bud Norris when they clearly aren’t competing and the cardinals r a playoff team, funny to see that hader was traded for Bud Norris though

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