The Orioles are “going through the medicals/paperwork” in an effort to finalize an agreement with an unknown team, per ESPN.com’s Buster Olney (Twitter link). While the “structure of a deal [is] in place,” Olney also stresses that “this in [sic] not finished yet.”
Despite the cautionary language, it’s obviously quite notable that the Baltimore organization has reached this point with another club. While numerous past arrangements have blown up at this stage — the O’s, especially, are notorious for finding health concerns — the exchange of medical information represents a significant step that would not take place without a clear path to a completed transaction.
Eduardo Encina of the Baltimore Sun had tweeted this morning that a deal was likely to be wrapped up by the end of the All-Star break. But it seems talks may be rather more advanced than that. It’d be quite a surprise, needless to say, if anything is finalized before Machado appears in his O’s uniform in today’s All-Star Game. But it now seems we’ll watch a fascinating trade situation unfold on a major stage for the game.
We heard last night that the Phillies were coming forward with a big offer. Then, it emerged this morning that the Dodgers appeared to be the favorite. Meanwhile, it seems the Yankees are largely bowing out of the process, according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post.
That mix of reporting provides the most recent series of clues as to just where the Machado sweepstakes may be headed. It’s unclear which organization is best situated to land him, let alone for what package of players, but it now seems reasonable to expect that we’ll learn the answers to those questions in relatively short order.
So you know the structure of the deal is in place, they are working through medicals but you don’t know the team? Im sure that’s the case
Watch out, Jeff! The sharks are out to get you guys today!
Why in the world would the O’s trade him before tomorrow? Extremely minimal risk of injury and could still wait on new offers until mid-day Wednesday. They must have gotten blown away by an offer or just been the typical O’s front office and messed up
Orioles going through medicals. Soon we will be starting this whole process all over again, folks.
Injuries are unpredictable, but I don’t blame them for wanting to know more about a player’s health. To the team, that player represents an investment.
I think what he’s getting at is Baltimore is know to be ridiculously tough on medicals. Things that other teams won’t even look twice at may be enough to blow a deal.
You missed your short bus mikeyst13
The guy who’s doing nothing but throwing around insults and not contributing to a meaningful discussion is accusing me of missing the short bus? Somehow that doesn’t hurt at all….
Especially since everyone knows the history of O’s trades when it comes to medicals.
How many of those failed physicals have the Orioles been wrong on recently? Grant Balfour, they were correct. Yovani Gallardo, they were correct. Angel Pagan, they were correct.
Markakis they were wrong.
This is more gut wrenching than having to wait all winter long for JDM to sign with my team… Just get the damn deal done already and get him out of our division.
Here comes Pete to call off the deal…….
Called it lol. A deal will never get done.
I’m amazed the Nationals haven’t made Harper available. They’re going nowhere, get some prospects for him.
Theyre more likely to try and fix their pen and catching issues than trade harper.
They should just give up robles- kieboom- and other pieces for realmuto and some pen help from the marlins if they hope to have any hope of making a run in the 2nd half.
They could pursue someone like adam jones in the off season maybe 3 years put him in RF or LF.
They need to trade for a Starting Pitcher!
Best youre gonna get is tyson ross or ja happ. Which wouldnt cost much.
They have been “trying” to fix their pen and catching issues for years. They aren’t willing to give up what’s needed to get actual difference makers. Nothing new here.
They dealt for Eaton and Doolittle and madson. Gave up a lot of prospect capital to do so. They haven’t moved Soto or Robles but it looks like a good thing at the moment.
Robles will be more productive than Adam Jones the next 3 years. That’s just being honest. That package is way too much for Realmuto. They need to start it with Robles and Kieboom and add other pieces. Giving up both is not what a team currently in 3rd place needs to do. There window isn’t closing and Robles and Kieboom could certainly be part of that window. Kieboom is having a great year but the Nats do have a long term SS so you’d think he’d be the preferred moving piece.
Robles or KIEBOOM. It should say. Also should say their…. Should’ve read that one over one time.
But will Robles be more productive than Jones, Realmuto, and whoever the Nationals pick up for the pen the next 3 years? Doubt it.
If the Nationals were to say pick up Conley or Steckenreider in a deal for Realmuto by giving up Robles and Kieboom I think you pull the trigger and roll with Soto to replace Harper, Eaton, Taylor or sign Jones and move Eaton to center.
Also, doesnt have to be Jones, Aj Pollock will be available.
You get talent by giving up talent.
If you’re losing Harper I definitely don’t want to lose Robles. If Harper signs a pillow contract then it’s a little bit easier because you have that production in your outfield. If he’s not on my roster next year I certainly want Robles to be. Wilson Ramos or Grandal costs nothing but a draft pick to sign next year. If he’s not traded this season. The Nats aren’t out of it this year but they’re not exactly in a good position.
They are still under the delusion that he is staying there.
Stras will be returning shortly after the ASB.. The Nats are less than a half dozen games behind the second wildcard with more than two months to play. The Nats can be / should be a scary team in the playoffs with the top of the rotation they have..
I’m holding out hope it’s not the Dodgers. A small part of me wants to believe the D-Backs will shock us all and make a deal.
I doubt it. They tried the rental rout with JDM. He crushed it, they still didn’t get far. If they’re going to make a run at him, they can’t stop with just him. Problem is they have a weak farm system, so how much other help could they really get?
Deal announced late late tonight IMO
Who cares about your opinion?
Yet you took the time to respond to him.
Yea! Great response! You
Who cares about *your* opinion
Add Degrom to Braves. Give up anybody but Freddie or Ozzie…pennant!!!
The Mets would require 5 Freemans, 4 Acunas, 3 Markakis, 2 Folty’s, and a Chipper in a pear tree in exchanged for DeGrom. They won’t trade him within the division, especially to the Braves.
Youre telling me you dont think the Mets would trade Degrom for Acuna and Folty? I think the Mets would be getting away with murder for that trade.
“Mets would be getting away with murder for that trade”
ITs not a matter if the Mets would take that offer, its what they’ll want that the Braves won’t / and should not give up
Acuna isn’t getting traded, so that’s a moot point.
This is my new favorite Christmas carol.
It would be fantastic if they traded him during the All-Star Game to an NL team and he just changed dugouts.
I was wondering how that would work…..
If the trade goes through, he would be inelligible to play.
Awesome thought! Maybe he could get an extra at bat out of it!
Phillies is my best guess. Followed by Brewers and then Dodgers
If it’s the Dodgers, I wouldn’t be surprised if players from their High-A team are involved. I watched them three times in the past four days, and they’ve got some really good prospects playing there.
I’m hoping it’s an AL team……just so they can weaken the farm system.
Braves sneak in and steal him
Cashman let the Yankees down
Have you seen the team he has built..?
Yep it’s nothing new the guy is clueless he has all the assets in the world and we haven’t been to a world series in a decade. He passed on max scherzer he passed on Machado doesn’t have the stones to trade for degrom. The only world series we won in 09 was because of arod who cashman didn’t even want. What a joke.
Boy it must be tough to be a Yankee fan. How do you survive being competitive every year? I couldn’t take that.
Yeah well we missed the playoffs two years ago and that should never happened. Cashman should have been asked to leave after that or had the diginity to do it himself. Any Tom dick or Harry can do what he has done if not better. Yeah we have some good young players but it took long enough. I’m so tired of these mindless drones praising cashman when we haven’t won anything.
Machado would’ve been an upgrade, but not a necessity.
Yep, best offense in baseball this year, one of the best farm systems in baseball, and one of the league’s top pitchers, but yeah, he misses out on one rental and he’s let all you Yankee fans down. I don’t like the Yankees, but Cashman is smart to sit out. If he wants Machado, he’ll get him as a FA, no reason to overpay for a rental. And he knows pitching is a much bigger priority. If they make a big move, it will be for a starting pitcher, not another bat.
So glad that the World Series Homefield is no longer tied to the outcome of the All-Star game. Otherwise, the NL team that is getting Machado may be pushing for him to be ineligible in the showcase tonight, which is just no fun.
I really hope it’s the doyuers lol
And I hope they get knocked out in the first round
Dream Big!
No such team.
Doyuers played the Apropos last year in the WS.
Why would any Team’s GM give up their prospects when Machado will register for Free Agency after the World Series?
Is Boras his Agent?
Its amazing but some of those GMs believe that having a Machado type player in their lineup for the remainder of the season will: a) boost their team’s chances of making the post-season and winning a championship; and b) will boost their team’s appeal to Machado type players when said players become free agents. Again, hard to believe.
Look what JD Martinez did for the Dbacks last yr……Machado will make any batting lineup better and more explosive…….while his defensive metrics at ss arent good, he is a gold glove 3b man…….
Will the left field foul pole become MannyWood again? Imagine if Machado goes on a tear like Manny Ramirez did for the Dodgers when traded for? Imagine if Machado goes on a Daniel Murphy tear in the playoffs?
THATS WHY YOU TRADE FOR A MANNY MACHADO
The AL offenses are elite with the Yankees, Astros, Indians, RedSox…….you need to be able to hang with em.
Besides doing well in the HR department the Dodgers are in the lower half in batting in the NL………Hopefully Machado can get Bellinger,, Turner, Taylor better pitches to see to get their bats going
The Ultimate goal in baseball is to Win a World Series, sometimes you have to make risky trades to get there. If you are a GM and feel getting Machado will put your team over the top, then you make the trade and be happy about it. there is no prize for having the most top prospects in baseball.
hey, I hate my father too!
Wait…so this site has reported for the last several days that this team and that team, from Milwaukee to Philadelphia to Los Angeles are all the favorites, now suddenly it’s an “unknown team”?? C’mon now mlbtraderumors, y’all can at least try and do better than this.
This site reports what reporters are saying. Don’t blame MLBTR.
Your MLBTR criticism makes me wonder if you’re the type of person who complains to Trader Joe’s management that the free samples aren’t big enough.
What happens if Manny is pregnant????? On a serious note, Brewers should target Nate Eovoldi…..perfect match….no long term commitment, probably get him cheap….throw money the Rays way, and they’ll drive him to Milwaukee…….
HCG / Manny Ramirez reference? Two points for you, bobtillman.
It’s all just hear say until the clubs announce.
Sixto Sanchez has been on the DL with arm issues this year. He’s on the DL now.
As an Orioles fan, I wish Machado the best. This sounds like a great deal for both clubs.
How so?
Do you have inside information that hasn’t been reported yet? We have no idea which team he’s going to, and have even less of an idea of what’s going back to the Orioles…
The O’s are in worst shape after they trade Machado & should have traded him last year. They had to know last year they could not compete with the Yankees & Boston so why hold onto him for a year longer? The prospects for a rental are NEVER as good as a deal when you give a team a few years of control. Tigers traded JV & got three top prospects mainly because he was not rental. The Tigers had to throw in 8 million a year for two years so it was a win/win. You have nothing in your farm system and no matter who you get in return, they are years away from contributing. I know, my Tigers have huge arms on the way but we won’t sniff .500 until 2020 but more likely 2021. You have not bottomed out yet and you still have big contracts on the books. You guys should have done this two years ago. Wasted dollars & time for no good reason. Bad Management!
Sad!
The tigers aren’t the greatest example. They got one top prospect in Perez and two other good prospects and paid 16 million. We don’t know even know what the return is for half a season of Machado is yet but it may not be that much less than that deal. Despite our current futility we were right in the thick of the playoff race at the deadline last season.
The Orioles on August 30th last year were 1 1/2 games out of the wild card and exactly 2 1/2 games behind the Yankees. They had an awful September and that continued into this year but to say they had no chance last year is not accurate.
baseball-reference.com/boxes/?date=2017-08-30
Also what big contracts are on the books other than Davis? Don’t say Trumbo since it isn’t a big contract in the grand scheme of things. He has less than $20 million left on his deal.
$67 million on books for 2019, $35 million on books for 2020
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vS6rI-8Iu1…
“Aw c’mon guys, we’re being too hard on the Orioles. They aren’t THAT nit-picky when it comes to medical reports during trade negotiations.” — Grant Balfour
That saved us some wasted cash.
So if he goes to the NL he needs to be able to play for them. He’s an all star no matter what team or league.
I predict that this is all being coordinated with the Commissioner’s office. Dodgers or Phillies had already agreed to a deal, and with the Commish’s blessing, the trade will be announced in the fifth inning of the ASG, at which point Machado will switch jerseys and play the rest of the game for the NL, thus becoming the only player to homer for both leagues in the same ASG.
Would be a more convincing theory if used-car-salesman-turned-Commissioner Selig was still in office, orchestrating a mid-game trade so Machado could play for the AL early and then for the NL just in case this year’s ASG goes into extra innings.
So just more made up crap I’m assuming right?