The Orioles and White Sox pulled off a trade sending outfielder/designated hitter and cash from Chicago to Baltimore for minor league reliever . Chicago is reportedly kicking in $4MM to cover almost all of the approximate $4.26MM Chad Green Jersey remaining on his contract. The Sox would also pay down $1.5MM of the $3MM buyout on Jimenezs 2025 club option, which the Os are virtually certain to decline. Jimenez, 27, was one of the highest-profile international signings in recent memory and one of the top-ranked prospects in all of baseball prior to his big league debut. He signed a then-record six-year, $43MM deal before ever playing a big league game. Hes earning $13MM this season in the final guaranteed season of that contract, which also contains club options valued at $16.5MM and $18.5MM for the next two seasons. The Os should pay the $3MM buyout on his 2025 option, making Jimenez a free agent. In the early stages of his career, Jimenez largely delivered on the hype, hitting .276/.327/.504 with 71 homers in his first 316 games. That includes a down year in 2021, but the Cuban-born slugger was well above-average in 2019, 2020 and 2022 including a monster .295/.358/.500 slash with 16 homers in only 84 games in 22. Injuries have derailed Jimenezs career, however. Hes been on the injured list for multiple hamstring strains including a tear that sent him to the 60-day IL an adductor strain, an appendectomy procedure, an ulnar nerve injury and a high ankle sprain. His once-potent bat has produced only a .240/.297/.345 output in 2024. Jimenezs 18.9% strikeout rate is actually a career-low, however, and hes averaging 92.4 mph off the bat with a huge 50.8% hard-hit rate. The Os will hope that a change of scenery and those underlying metrics can bring about improvement of some degree, if not a return to peak form. If that type of turnaround is to come to fruition, Jimenez will need a radical overhaul in his swing, however. Hes posted an astonishing 59.6% ground-ball rate this season far and away the highest in baseball among active players. ( , released by the Marlins this year, technically leads him at 62.4% but isnt with a team.) For a player that ranks in the sixth percentile of MLB players in terms of average sprint speed, pounding the ball into the ground that often is never going to yield much benefit regardle s of how hard the ball is put into play. The Orioles, having moved in last weeks trade bringing reliever over from the Phillies, were reportedly on the hunt for a right-handed bat. Jimenez will fill that role to some extent, and its worth noting that hes posted a strong .304/.360/.370 batting line against lefties in 2024. Again, however, hes simply been far too prone to grounders whether facing lefties (59%) or righties (59.7%). McGough, a 26-year-old lefty, came to the Orioles from the Pirates via the minor league phase of the 2022 Rule 5 Draft. He recently moved to the bullpen after recovering from Tommy John surgery and owns a sparkling 1.99 ERA in 54 1/3 frames between Double-A and Triple-A. Hes fanned 25.5% of his opponents and walked 9.7% of them. him 37th among Os prospects, calling him a potential low-leverage reliever whose best pitch is an above-average slider. first reported the Orioles were finalizing a deal for Jimenez. reported the White Sox were receiving McGough. reported the cash breakdown. Chris Carpenter Jersey