Will the Orioles actually sign a difference-making starting pitcher this offseason? I’ll believe this is going to happen when I see it happen. They do at least seem to be staying active in checking around on many of the remaining names seen as being near the top end of the market this winter. The Baltimore Banner’s Andy Kostka reported on Monday morning that the O’s have shown “particular interest” in a trio of starting pitchers: Ranger Suárez, Michael King, and Tatsuya Imai.

Ordinarily, I don’t put much stock in rumors that are just about showing interest. When those are put out there by national media figures, they’re often agent-driven things that are partially aimed at goosing the market. People who are really involved in Orioles decisionmaking aren’t telling reporters, local or natio

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