Don't Expect Baltimore Orioles to Trade Top Prospects This Offseason

As the Baltimore Orioles being their offseason plans, they seemingly won't be trading their top prospects to get other players.

The Baltimore Orioles won't have their name thrown around as being involved in discussions for top free agents on the market.

They don't have the payroll to compete with the larger-market teams who seemingly will be aggressive to add these players to their rosters.

Yet, the Orioles could impact things in a different way.

While they don't have the capital to involve themselves in bidding wars, what they do have is the best pipeline in Major League Baseball, full of young talent that other teams would love to have.

This would allow them to acquire an ace starting pitcher that they're reportedly looking for.

However, writers for The Baltimore Sun don't expect them to sell off these prospects.

"The Orioles also needed a top-of-the-rotation starter last winter and at the trade deadline, then managed to win 101 games despite never adding one. It hurt them in the postseason, but I doubt those three ALDS games completely change the front office’s operating procedure when they have 162 showing its effectiveness," Nathan Ruiz writes.

That's fair.

It's hard to argue against these results and completely divert from the philosophy that got them to this point.

According to Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore shouldn't even consider trading these players.

"Most of the Orioles’ top 10 prospects don’t make much sense to trade away at this stage. Holliday, the sport’s top prospect, isn’t being traded. Cowser and Mayo, Nos. 2 and 3 on Baltimore’s prospect list, according to Baseball America, have high ceilings and paths to everyday roles in Baltimore. Kjerstad (No. 5) could easily carve himself a role in Baltimore as a left-handed-hitting designated hitter," he writes.

While it's nice to hope that an elite starter will be added to the mix for next season, the likelihood of that happening seems slim.

"The Orioles could certainly pull from their farm system in some fashion this winter to improve the major league roster, but I’m past expecting this team to make a splash," Ruiz adds.

That seems to be the sentiment from people around the Orioles as the offseason gets underway.

Expect status quo from Baltimore with little changes coming before 2024.