RHP Chris Tillman

This is my pick for the most likely of these 10 to return to the Orioles. And yet my gut says he doesn’t. Tillman is an extremely loyal guy and he is close to fellow starters Dylan Bundy and Kevin Gausman. And the Orioles would like him back. Despite his 7.84 ERA in 24 games this season, however, Tillman will have suitors on the open market. He has a career 4.43 ERA, all for the Orioles and in the brutal AL East, and some teams will focus on his career and not 2017. All things being equal, I think Tillman would return to Baltimore. But I don’t think all things will be equal. The Orioles weren’t aggressive in trying to sign him during his ugly season, and I think someone will outbid them now. The reality is that starting pitching is needed by just about every team in the majors.

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