Marlins trade Rogers to Orioles for Norby, Stowers

The Miami Marlins traded left-hander Trevor Rogers to the Baltimore Orioles for infield prospect Connor Norby and outfielder Kyle Stowers, the teams announced.

Rogers, the 2021 NL Rookie of the Year runner-up, owns a 4.53 ERA, 4.42 FIP, and 1.53 WHIP with 85 strikeouts over 21 starts this season. However, he's pitched quite well in the weeks leading up to the trade, sporting a 3.32 ERA with only four home runs allowed over his last eight starts.

The 26-year-old should be in Baltimore's rotation for a while, as he has two years of arbitration eligibility remaining.

Norby, the Orioles' No. 7 prospect, per Baseball America, made his big-league debut in June and has appeared in nine games for Baltimore this season. A natural infielder, he also has experience in the corner outfield spots. The Marlins could also slot Norby in at third base - a position he's never played professionally - and move Jake Burger across the diamond to first after they traded Josh Bell to Arizona.

Stowers, 26, hit .306/.297/.500 with one homer and nine RBIs in 19 big-league games this season while putting up an .877 OPS with 15 homers in Triple-A.

The Orioles are calling up utility player Terrin Vavra to fill Norby's spot on the 26-man roster, MASN's Roch Kubatko reports. The 27-year-old has played 67 games for Baltimore over the last two seasons but spent all of this year in the minors after being outrighted off the 40-man roster during the offseason.