BALTIMORE — For the Orioles sake, lets hope us fans don't rue the day they traded Grayson Rodriguez to the Angels.

Granted, Rodriguez has been injury prone during his short big league career.

The 26-year-old missed all of last season with shoulder inflammation and a lat strain.

Shoulder problems sidelined him for a chunk of the 2024 campaign as well.

Lets not forget that same season, in the 20 games he did start, Rodriguez notched a 13-4 record with a sub-4 ERA.

Assuming Rodriguez would be ready to go at the start of 2026, he would've been part of an exciting 123 punch atop a starting rotation that includes Trevor Rogers and Kyle Bradish.

Not to mention, Rodriguez was under team control through 2029, whereas Taylor Ward, the 31-year-old outfielder the O's received in return, is enter

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