Orioles hoping to add starting pitching during Winter Meetings

BALTIMORE -- As the beginning of the Winter Meetings rapidly approaches, it’s easy to identify the largest existing need for the Orioles: starting pitching.

Baltimore has its new manager ( Craig Albernaz ) and most of its coaching staff in place. The O’s have already acquired a slugging corner outfielder ( Taylor Ward ), a fill-in closer ( Ryan Helsley ), a setup reliever ( Andrew Kittredge ) and a depth center fielder ( Leody Taveras ) -- and they could still add more to both the position-player group and bullpen.

But the Orioles have not yet bolstered their rotation. In fact, they lost a pair of starting candidates with the departures of right-handers Grayson Rodriguez (traded to the Angels for Ward) and Albert Suárez ( non-tendered ).

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