With the news Tuesday night that the Baltimore Orioles traded Grayson Rodriguez away for Taylor Ward, the Orioles' rotation questions became amplified. Sure, Baltimore wasn't likely to bank on Rodriguez too much given his injury history, but losing him makes assembling a passable starting pitching staff that much harder. But what if everything turned out better than the Orioles could have possibly hoped?
We know that the Orioles are at least saying they are pursuing starting pitching with purpose this offseason, and they have now ticked a power hitter off of their offseason shopping list by adding Ward.