Ryan O'Hearn ultimately went from the Baltimore Orioles to San Diego Padres at the 2025 MLB trade deadline , but he could have just as easily landed with the Milwaukee Brewers .

As O'Hearn tells it, multiple Brewers players, including DL Hall, texted him in the lead-up to the deadline to say, “Hey, we put in a good offer for you,” according to The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal.

The Orioles were headed to Chicago at the deadline to start a series with the Cubs the next day. O'Hearn decided to stay back in Baltimore as the uncertainty played out.

“There were so many rumors,” O’Hearn said. “I was thinking it could be Boston. Boston was right up the street. Why am I going to fly to Chicago? I was just like screw it, I’ll stay here.”

O'Hearn said he even asked Orioles GM Mike Elias if h

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