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Orioles Acquire Michael Bourn

By Steve Adams | August 31, 2016 at 8:58pm CDT

The Orioles announced tonight that they have acquired center fielder Michael Bourn from the Diamondbacks in exchange for minor league outfielder Jason Heinrich. To make room for Bourn on the 40-man roster, Baltimore has transferred outfielder Joey Rickard to the 60-day disabled list.

Michael Bourn

The 33-year-old Bourn becomes the second piece of outfield depth added by Baltimore today, as the O’s also picked up center fielder Drew Stubbs when they claimed him off release waivers from the Rangers. Bourn hasn’t been overly productive on the season overall in Arizona, but he’s had some productive stretches and has been swinging a hot bat as of late. The speedster is hitting .261/.307/.362 in 389 plate appearances with Arizona this season, but his .313/.345/.434 slash and five stolen bases over his past 20 games are more encouraging than his cumulative season stats.

With rosters set to expand tomorrow, Bourn will give the O’s a late-inning option to bring some speed off the bench and perhaps to upgrade the outfield defense over Mark Trumbo or Hyun Soo Kim, neither of whom grades out anywhere close to average with the glove. At 33 years of age and with a recent history of hamstring issues, Bourn isn’t the premium defender and elite baserunner that he once was, but he’s nonetheless graded out as roughly average in center field, per Ultimate Zone Rating, and four runs above average in the eyes of Defensive Runs Saved. As such, he should be a sizable upgrade in terms of run prevention if and when manager Buck Showalter inserts him into the mix late in games with slim leads.

Heinrich, 20, was the Orioles’ fifth-round pick in the 2015 draft. The Florida high school product and Alaska native has spent the season with Baltimore’s Low-A affiliate, batting .231/.301/.347 in 163 plate appearances and is a .251/.331/.365 hitter in a total of 341 plate appearances since being drafted last year. Heading into last year’s draft, Baseball America rated Heinrich as the No. 188 prospect available, writing that the right-handed hitter stood out for his plus raw power to the pull side and impressive bat speed. He profiles as either a right fielder or a first baseman in the long term, per BA.

FOX’s Ken Rosenthal first reported earlier this afternoon that the Orioles were trying to acquire Bourn, while USA Today’s Bob Nightengale called the deal close and FanRag’s Jon Heyman said the two sides had a principle agreement with only final details to be worked out.

Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images.

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  1. chuckymorris

    4 years ago

    I bet he can steal more bases in a month then the whole Orioles team has now

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    • Cardinals fan1

      4 years ago

      Lol

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    • ln13

      4 years ago

      I’ll go with a week.

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  2. dbacksrs

    4 years ago

    Jason Martinez was right when he said that the return for Bourn would be a player that we probably never heard of, lol..

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    • MatthewBaltimore23

      4 years ago

      Jason Heinrich isn’t bad. I watched him play in Aberdeen(Low a)

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  3. Taejonguy

    4 years ago

    Except I am watching the game now and this has been published.

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    • Steve Adams

      4 years ago

      Touche! Edited that.

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  4. Gogerty

    4 years ago

    Drew Stubbs and Bourn?

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  5. christian18cutshaw

    4 years ago

    Bourn lost his roster spot to Stubbs for the Braves at the beginning of the year.. It’ll be ironic if he takes Stubbs now. Id say the O’s would’ve never claimed Stubbs if they had already gotten Bourn.. Good thing rosters are expanding

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  6. DarkGhost

    4 years ago

    For once the dbacks front office made an okay move.

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  7. Dookie Howser, MDDookie Howser, MD

    4 years ago

    Picking up Braves retread outfields is a curious strategy for a playoff contender

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    • ln13

      4 years ago

      Don’t fool yourself. The Orioles are out of contention.

      And I say that as an Orioles fan. Duquette’s house of cards and smoke and mirrors is crumbling

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  8. ducoach

    4 years ago

    So this move is comparable to the Indians getting Crisp. Top of the order speed from both sides of the plate for Cleveland. But aren’t Stubbs and Bourne both lefties?

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