The Orioles have made another trade. The team announced on Friday morning that catcher Alex Jackson has been traded to the Twins in exchange for a minor league infielder, Payton Eeles.

With the Orioles committed to Adley Rutschman and Samuel Basallo as their catchers and with the 29-year-old Jackson being out of minor league options, Jackson was a candidate to get non-tendered at tonight’s deadline. The fact that he was traded for a 26-year-old minor leaguer who was signed out of independent baseball not too long ago suggests that the Orioles would have put him in that non-tender pile later today if this minor trade hadn’t come along.

Jackson was the most successful of the assortment of desperation catchers who the Orioles brought through in the 2025 season. This was among the few positi

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