The Baltimore Orioles have some specific needs for their roster, and while free agency can be a way to address them, trades can be too.

The Baltimore Orioles have some specific needs on their roster that they need to address this offseason. While signing free agents is one way to do that, making trades is another.

The Orioles need starting pitching, they could use some depth at catcher, they need some left-handed hitters and relievers, and they need outfielders. They’re not going to address all of these needs, some they’ll address through free agency, some they could address internally or through the Rule 5 Draft, but still some they could address via trade.

The whole baseball world is abuzz about the potential trading of Giancarlo Stanton, and while the Baltimore Orioles certainly won’t pursue him, there are some potential trade candidates they could look at acquiring that would fill some needs.

Here we’ll take a look at five potential trade targets for the Baltimore Orioles. I should preface this by saying that these are just ideas, none of the players on this list have been officially linked to the Orioles in trade talks or have even been linked to trade talks in general, but they are all in situations where I could see them being traded, and they fill a need the Orioles have.