{"id":373912,"date":"2025-12-26T23:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T23:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/373912\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T23:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T23:15:09","slug":"latest-on-edward-cabreras-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/373912\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest On Edward Cabrera’s Market"},"content":{"rendered":"

A pair of potential suitors may have fallen out of the Edward Cabrera<\/a> race. Houston and Baltimore are no longer trade candidates for the talented right-hander, reports Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald<\/a>. Jackson adds that Miami doesn\u2019t want to sell short on Cabrera in a deal.<\/p>\n

The Marlins\u2019 starting rotation has been a frequent subject of trade rumblings throughout the offseason. Reports emerged<\/a> in early December that the club was listening to offers on all of its starters, outside of Eury Perez<\/a>. Sandy Alcantara<\/a> has been the subject of frequent rumors the past few seasons, while Cabrera and Ryan Weathers<\/a> have been floated as possible trade chips recently. It would take a massive offer to land Alcantara, notes Jackson.<\/p>\n

The Orioles were specifically linked<\/a> to Cabrera a few weeks back. The club has been connected to almost every high-end name in free agency and on the trade market, from Framber Valdez<\/a> and\u00a0Ranger Suarez<\/a> to Freddy Peralta<\/a>\u00a0and MacKenzie Gore<\/a>. President of baseball operations Mike Elias was able to land a significant rotation upgrade last week, flipping<\/a> several prospects and a draft pick for right-hander Shane Baz<\/a>. Elias has said the organization will continue working to strengthen the rotation, though the recent trade might have ended their Cabrera pursuit, given the capital it took to pry Baz from Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n

Baltimore and Miami joined forces on a deal at the 2024 trade deadline that worked out for both teams. The Marlins sent lefty Trevor Rogers<\/a> to the Orioles for outfielder Kyle Stowers<\/a> and infielder Connor Norby<\/a>. Rogers broke out as Baltimore\u2019s top starter this past season, while Stowers delivered an All-Star campaign with his new team.<\/p>\n

Houston has been in the market for young, controllable starting pitching this offseason. The club\u2019s rotation was destroyed by injuries in 2025, with Ronel Blanco<\/a>,\u00a0Hayden Wesneski<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0Brandon Walter<\/a> all needing Tommy John surgery and Luis Garcia<\/a> going down with another elbow injury. With Valdez hitting free agency, the Astros entered the offseason with Hunter Brown<\/a> and a slew of unproven options to fill out the staff.<\/p>\n

Just like the Orioles, the Astros made a notable move to address their pitching needs last week, acquiring Mike Burrows<\/a> from the Pirates in a three-team trade<\/a> headlined by Brandon Lowe<\/a>. Similar to Baltimore, Houston spent significant prospect capital to land a young starter. Outfielder Jacob Melton<\/a>\u00a0and right-hander\u00a0Anderson Brito<\/a> went to the Rays in the deal. Melton was among the organization\u2019s top prospects, while Brito was an up-and-coming name, albeit with minimal professional experience. Parting with both Melton and Brito to land Burrows likely affected Houston\u2019s ability to put together a Cabrera package.<\/p>\n

After periods of brilliance frequently cut short by injuries, Cabrera finally put together an extended stretch of strong results in 2025. The 27-year-old recorded a 3.53 ERA across a career-high 137 2\/3 innings this past season. Cabrera maintained a solid 25.8% strikeout rate while pushing his walk rate into single digits for the first time.<\/p>\n

Cabrera went down with an elbow sprain in early September, but returned in the final week of the season for a pair of outings. The brief comeback could\u2019ve been an audition for trade suitors, showing interested teams that Cabrera was good to go for 2026. The righty is under team control through 2028. MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz projects<\/a> Cabrera to earn $3.7MM in arbitration. An acquiring team would have him for three seasons at a reasonable cost.<\/p>\n

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