The Baltimore Orioles are desperate to return to the postseason in 2026 so they can more convincingly brand 2025 as nothing but a weird outlier year. Yet, Baltimore’s front office still hasn’t filled the club’s most desperate offseason need: another starting pitcher. It’s still just early December, but Orioles fans’ palms are beginning to sweat about the rotation.
Will Baltimore walk away from the Winter Meetings (now in session) with another impact arm to place beside Trevor Rogers and Kyle Bradish? As fans ask themselves this question, they’re furrowing their collective brow at new intel from The New York Post’s Jon Heyman, who recently revealed that the Orioles are pursuing free agent slugger Kyle Schwarber, of all people.