The O's get a potential No. 1 starter. With this deal and an earlier trade Friday, the Rays added six prospects to their top 30.

Mike Elias remembers Shane Baz from their days in Houston – the executive working as scouting director with the Astros and the teenager pitching at Concordia Lutheran High School. Elias went to the right-hander's house and met his parents.

On Friday, that included separate deals to send Shane Baz to the Orioles and Brandon Lowe to the Pirates. Let's take a look at the fallout for each of the principal players involved, starting with Lowe's move to Pittsburgh: With Lowe set to make $11.

On Friday afternoon, Orioles president of baseball operations Mike Elias’ busy offseason of wheeling and dealing finally brought him a way to upgrade what has continued to be the team’s biggest need: starting pitching.