Just Two Days After Being Bought By A Couple Billionaires, The Orioles Go Out And Trade For Ace Corbin Burnes

CALL THE POLICE BECAUSE I NEED TO REPORT A ROBBERY!!!!!! The Orioles pulled off a trade for the ace they've been waiting for, and his name is Corbin Burnes. The 2021 Cy Young winner is coming to Baltimore. The Orioles are sending pitcher D.L. Hall, shortstop Joey Ortiz and the 34th pick in the draft. That's it. Seriously. This was the deal they needed to make and holy shit they did it. 

No more John Angelos tap dancing around the idea of putting a better baseball team on the field, Uncle David bought the team YESTERDAY and is already making moves. Corbin Burnes man. Since debuting in 2018 he's become pound for pound one of the best pitchers in baseball. Now he's an Oriole and we'll see him on the mound on March 28th in Baltimore. All off-season it was about Dylan Cease and the O's. Well the White Sox apparently wanted the moon and stars for him so the Orioles and everyone else said forget it. Mike Elias sacked up and got it done. He made the move we've been waiting for. A new owner who wants to win and the 2021 Cy Young winner? Oh yeah, Orioles just won the offseason. And the fact that they only gave up 2 prospects and that comp pick? Insane fleece.

I love D.L. Hall, got to know him a little over the last few years, worked some events with him. He's going to be a very, very good pitcher. He battled injuries the past few years but came on super strong as an awesome reliever at the end of 2024 but we've seen the stuff. His junk is as nasty as anyones in baseball. It sucks to see him go, it really does. Kid is a firecracker and knows it, he's going to be on a lot of PitchingNinja gifs. Brewers are getting a really, really good player. It was kind of a clog in the rotation and we honestly didn't know what the Orioles were going to do with Hall. Regardless he'll get his shot in Milwaukee. Love that for him.

Joey Ortiz was the other guy traded and I'll be honest. He didn't fit with the O's. Did not have a spot here and they were destined to trade hit. Bat is fine, but it's his defense that makes him a big leaguer. He's a stud with the leather. He'll have a good career but was never going to play over Holliday, Gunnar, or Jordan Westburg.

And Burnes man, what a god damn get. He's a big strike out guy who adds SOOOOOOO much to this rotation. Now you can go Burnes, Bradish, Grayson Rodriguez and John Means or Dean Kremer. Incredible depth for them now. He is a star studded ace who joins a team that won 101 games last year. This is a team that can win a World Series. This roster, this rotation. They can win it. He's an absolute game changer. He is a free agent after this season but I now have all the confidence in the Birds to sign him long term. This is what we've been waiting for, this is the move and they made it. They fucking made it.