Baltimore Orioles Most Notable Trades: National League West

SARASOTA, FL - FEBRUARY 23: Fans make their way into the ball park prior to a Grapefruit League spring training game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Baltimore Orioles at Ed Smith Stadium on February 23, 2018 in Sarasota, Florida. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
SARASOTA, FL - FEBRUARY 23: Fans make their way into the ball park prior to a Grapefruit League spring training game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Baltimore Orioles at Ed Smith Stadium on February 23, 2018 in Sarasota, Florida. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /
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ANAHEIM, CA – AUGUST 12: Rodrigo Lopez #19 of the Baltimore Orioles winds back to pitch during the game against the Anaheim Angels on August 12, 2004 at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California. The Orioles won 6-1. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images) /

Notable trades between the Baltimore Orioles and Colorado Rockies.

Like with the Diamondbacks, the Orioles haven’t been extremely active with the Rockies over the years, completing just six trades together since Baltimore sent 1B/OF Chris Richard to Colorado for OF Jack Cust. Cust rarely saw the field with Baltimore, but went on to hit 97 home runs in four seasons with the Oakland A’s, including a .247/.381/.457 slash line.

There was also the trading of RHP Rodrigo Lopez to Colorado for two pitchers in Jason Burch and Jim Miller. Neither pitcher had any success with the Orioles, while Lopez made just 14 starts in Colorado before undergoing Tommy John surgery and missing most of 2007 and 2008. He never came close to replicating his rookie season (15-9, 3.57 ERA, 2nd in ROY voting) and finished his career by bouncing around from Philadelphia to Arizona to Chicago (Cubs) before calling it a career in the majors.

The most notable trade has to be the 2012 dealing of Baltimore Orioles top starter Jeremy Guthrie.

Guthrie spent five seasons in Baltimore (2007-2011), making 153 starts and compiling a 47-65 record and 4.12 ERA during his time in Birdland. He led the league in losses with 17 on two different occasions, but Guthrie was the top pitcher on staffs consisting of Jason Berken and Alfredo Simon, among others.

Guthrie crumbed in Colorado before closing out his career with some decent success in Kansas City (41-34, 4.38 ERA across parts of four seasons).

The move can be considered a win for the Orioles, who saw just 46 appearances from Hammel. That did include a 2.9 bWAR season in 2012 (8-6, 3.43 ERA, 9 HR allowed in 118 IP), which turned out to be one of the best seasons of his 13 major league seasons.

Lindstrom went 1-0 with a 2.72 ERA in 34 appearances out of the pen in 2012 before being traded to Arizona for starting pitcher Joe Saunders. Saunders would eventually beat out Yu Darvish and the Texas Rangers in that memorable 2012 American League Wild Card victory.