With Jonathan Villar now out of the picture, the Baltimore Orioles need help up the middle and a versatile infielder who can flash the leather is on the short shopping list for Mike Elias as he prepares for this offseason’s Winter Meetings in San Diego next week.
At the moment, the only middle infielders on the 40-man roster are Hanser Alberto, Pat Valaika, Richie Martin, and Stevie Wilkerson. Alberto will start somewhere, Valaika has posted a wRC+ of 34 and 9 in each of his last two big league seasons, Martin seems likely to spend 2020 developing in the minor leagues, and I’m not convinced Wilkerson is on the Opening Day roster.