Tampa, Florida.\u2013<\/strong> The Baltimore Orioles<\/strong> acquired right-handed pitcher Shane Baz<\/strong> from the Tampa Bay Rays<\/strong> in exchange for a package of four prospects<\/strong> and a Competitive Balance Round A pick<\/strong>, the club reported this Friday.<\/p>\n\n\nIn the transaction, Tampa Bay receives outfielder “Slater de Brun”, catcher “Caden Bodine”, right-handed pitcher “Michael Forrest” and also outfielder “Austin Overn”, in addition to the aforementioned draft pick.\n\nBaz, 26 years old<\/strong>, comes from a season in which he made 31 starts<\/strong>, posting a record of 10-12<\/strong>, with an ERA of 4.87<\/strong> and a WHIP of 1.33<\/strong>. In 166.1 innings pitched<\/strong>, he struck out 176 batters<\/strong> and gave up 64 walks<\/strong>, establishing himself as an important piece in the Rays’ rotation.\n\nThe right-hander arrives in Baltimore as part of the Orioles’ strategy to reinforce their pitching staff for next season, betting on a young arm with experience as a starter in the Major Leagues.\n\n\n Tampa, Florida.\u2013 The Baltimore Orioles acquired right-handed pitcher Shane Baz from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for a package of four prospects and a Competitive Balance Round A pick, the club reported this Friday. In the transaction, Tampa Bay receives outfielder “Slater de Brun”, catcher “Caden Bodine”, right-handed pitcher “Michael Forrest” and also outfielder […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":495153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35481,6,1],"tags":[611,40231,40813,13766,40853],"class_list":["post-495152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","category-sports","category-uncategorized","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-major-leagues","tag-mlb","tag-thetruthnewspaper"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-24Ok","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/images-8-1.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Baseball","Sports","Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/images-8-1.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Parallel Movements in Tampa Bay<\/h3>\n\n\nThis trade comes amid an intense period of moves for the Rays, who are also involved in negotiations for a three-team trade<\/strong> with the Pittsburgh Pirates<\/strong> and the Houston Astros<\/strong>, in which infielder Brandon Lowe<\/strong> would be involved.\n\nAccording to reports, Pittsburgh would receive Brandon Lowe<\/strong>, outfielder Jake Mangum<\/strong> and lefty Mason Montgomery<\/strong>; Houston would get right-hander Mike Burrows<\/strong>; while Tampa Bay would acquire outfielder Jacob Melton<\/strong> and Venezuelan pitcher Anderson Brito<\/strong>, both Astros prospects. The deal is still pending physical examinations.\n\n\n
Rays Reconfiguration<\/h3>\n\n\nWith these transactions, the Rays continue to adjust their roster, betting on minor league depth and financial flexibility, a strategy that has characterized the organization in recent years.\n\nFor their part, the Orioles continue to strengthen their roster with a view to remaining contenders in the American League, adding young pieces with projection and experience at the highest level.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"