{"id":651070,"date":"2026-03-29T19:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T19:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/651070\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T19:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T19:46:10","slug":"orioles-acquire-jayvien-sandridge-mlb-trade-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/651070\/","title":{"rendered":"Orioles Acquire Jayvien Sandridge – MLB Trade Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Orioles are acquiring left-hander Jayvien Sandridge<\/a> from the Angels in exchange for cash, per an announcement from both teams. The Orioles had open space on their 40-man roster, so no corresponding move was necessary to complete the transaction. Sandridge was designated for assignment<\/a> by the Halos just before Opening Day.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the second cash trade of the year that Sandridge has been a part of, as the Angels acquired him from the Yankees back in January. This trade is actually something of a homecoming for Sandridge, as he was a 32nd-round pick by the Orioles back in 2018 and spent parts of two seasons in the Orioles organization. He was released during the pandemic-cancelled minor league season in 2020 and took a brief stint in college ball before signing with the Reds and returning to pro ball. He climbed the minor league ladder with the Reds, Padres, and Yankees over the years before finally making his big league debut in 2025.<\/p>\n

Sandridge\u2019s debut with New York saw him record just two outs while surrendering two runs. It\u2019s not exactly an auspicious start to his big league career, although with such a small sample size it\u2019s hard to draw any substantial conclusions about the lefty\u2019s viability as a big league arm. His work at Triple-A with the Yankees last season was generally more middling than impressive, as he posted a 4.55 ERA despite a 33.1% strikeout rate. Those big strikeout totals clearly caught the eye of the Angels over the offseason, leading them to acquire him this offseason. Sandridge\u2019s Spring Training performance did him few favors, however, as he was torched for five runs in just two innings of work during camp.<\/p>\n

Now, he returns to the Orioles organization as an optionable depth arm for the club\u2019s bullpen. Baltimore has Dietrich Enns<\/a> and Grant Wolfram<\/a> as their only lefties in the bullpen at the moment with Keegan Akin<\/a> on the shelf, and Sandridge is now the only other lefty on the 40-man roster. That could put him in position to get a look in the majors at some point this year, particularly if he can his elevated walk rate (12.0% in Triple-A last year) under control more reliably. Josh Walker<\/a> is the only other southpaw relief arm with big league experience in the organization, but he\u2019s on a non-roster deal and would require a 40-man roster move to bring to the majors. That could put Sandridge ahead of him on the depth chart, though lefty starter Cade Povich<\/a> could also pose a threat to Sandridge\u2019s chances of making the majors if the Orioles are willing to use him in relief at some point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Orioles are acquiring left-hander Jayvien Sandridge from the Angels in exchange for cash, per an announcement from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":651071,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,26037],"class_list":{"0":"post-651070","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-jayvien-sandridge"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116314190847745029","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}