Baltimore Orioles will look like a different team when they open a series of three games against Chicago Cubs hosts on Friday.
The Orioles have unloaded a large part of their list leading to the deadline for trade, even making an agreement with the Cubs to acquire the 17-year-old Cruz wilfri stop for the law Andrew Koredge.
In Recent Days, The Orioles also Unloaded Outfielder Cedric Mullins and Left-Hander Gregory Soto To The New York Mets, First Baseman Ryan O’Hearn and Outfielder Ramon Laureano to the San Diego Padres, Right-hander Bryan Byan to the Tampa Bay Rays, Right-Hander Toronto Blue Jays and Third Baseman Ramon Urias to the Houston Astros, acquiring several prospects along the way.
The Cubs, on the other hand, were on the buyer market all week. Their additions were kittredge, the right -hander Michael Soroka (Washington Nationals), the left -hander Taylor Rogers (Pittsburgh Pirates) and the public service player Willi Castro (of Minnesota Twins).
The Orioles plan to start the left -hander Trevor Rogers in the opening of the series.
Rogers (4-1, 1.49 ERA) faced four sub500 teams in July and went 3-1 with an MPM of 1.03.
He recently granted a seven laundry rounds during an 18-0 victory against Colorado Rockies on Saturday, the biggest laundry in the history of the team.
“There is always this voice in my mind that looks like me” perhaps a stroke of luck “,” said Rogers about his recent success. “I had a lot of practice to close this voice and stay in my process, stay in me.”
Rogers arrived from the Miami Marlins on the deadline last season, but was optionized in Triple-A three weeks later, where he stayed until May this season.
“I worked my buttocks to get here and I try to appreciate it, but I also stay in the moment because I know how fast things can turn in this game,” he said. “Trying to stay uniformly, stay in the middle, appreciate and be grateful for the departures I have. And if they follow, take advantage for the next five hours, then go ahead.”
Rogers never faced the Cubs in his career.
Chicago plans to send the right -hander Recruit Cade Horton Friday to the mound.
Horton (4-3, 3.67 ERA) has also just released a superb month of July during which he went 1-1 with an MPM of 1.52 in four departures.
He enters the match with a whitening sequence of 12 2/3 rounds.
“I have the impression that, every time I was going there, I try to perform a field and slow down the game,” said Horton.
Cubs manager, Craig Counsell, said Horton was doing a remarkable job to focus on the next land and not think of the previous one.
“I say that as a compliment, because it is difficult to do in this game,” said Counsell. “I think Cade is excellent in this area, and it contributes to its success.”
Counsell can also see Horton’s confidence with each departure.
“You have outings, like the last seven to 10 departures, and they are not good, but you take what you need to learn from those who are not so good,” said Counsell. “He continues to do this, and that’s what the genre continues to push him forward and continues to improve it.”
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