Chayce McDermott earned top honors in Baltimore’s farm system

Kelly Wilkinson/IndyStar via Imagn Content Services, LLCThe Orioles did not receive the production they anticipated from Jack Flaherty or Shintaro Fujinami down the stretch. Mike Elias swung and missed during his first trade deadline as a buyer, but the front office made several impressive deals during the final stages of the rebuild.

Baltimore acquired Chayce McDermott in the same deal that brought Seth Johnson into the organization. The Orioles elected to move on from Trey Mancini and received a pair of pitchers in return. Mancini won a World Series with the Astros in 2022, but the first baseman fell off in a big way this past season.

Johnson worked his way back to the mound and pitched…