Orioles get quantity, but no future stars, in Machado trade

The Orioles missed their ideal window for trading Manny Machado, which would have been last offseason so the acquiring team would have gotten a whole year of playing time plus the potential to get a draft pick as compensation when he hits free agency this winter. Waiting until there is less than half a season left for the acquiring team led to fewer interested teams and generally lower market valuations on him, with teams refusing to part with their No. 1 prospects. And indeed, the Orioles did not get the Dodgers' best prospect, or their second-best one, instead getting a quantity return that might yield four or five big leaguers but seems unlikely to give them back a star.