On his last night as an Oriole, about ten players pulled up chairs around Ryan O’Hearn’s locker at Camden Yards. They all knew what was coming: the trade deadline was hours away, and their teammate was about to be dealt. So they sat, talked shop, and said their goodbyes to a player who’d become a leader in the clubhouse. It was a fitting sendoff for the onetime Kansas City castoff who’d resurrected his career in Baltimore, becoming not just an All-Star but a clubhouse pillar.

Now, as the Orioles head into the winter with two right-handed hitters penciled in at first base/DH in Ryan Mountcastle and Coby Mayo, neither of too-reliable output, a proven left-hitting first baseman who can consistently hit right-handed pitching wouldn’t be such a bad thing.

And with Ryan O’Hearn hitting free ag

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