At the time of this trade early Thursday morning, three of the Orioles’ five deals ahead of the deadline featured the club selling players (Kittredge, Ramón Urías and Bryan Baker) who could have been part of the 2026 team. Kittredge, a 35-year-old right-hander, had a $9 million team option for 2026.

The 2025 MLB trade deadline is Thursday at 6 p.m. ET. The chaos is picking up with less than 24 hours left before the deadline, with several teams making last-minute decisions on whether to be buyers, sellers or some hybrid combination of the two.

Death, taxes and Major League Baseball's trade deadline delivering haymakers left and right up to (and beyond) the buzzer.