BALTIMORE — The Orioles, who trounced the American League East-leading Blue Jays twice already, tried sending a message to the front office on the field, a plea to keep this team intact. Executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias delivered another one right back.

About an hour before news broke that Baltimore traded reliever Seranthony Domínguez to Toronto between games of Tuesday’s doubleheader, Game 1 starter Charlie Morton assessed the trade deadline candidly, saying that “Mike is going to have some choices to make.”

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