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Jul 31, 2025, 04:35 PM ET
The San Diego Padres are finalizing a woody to get archetypal baseman Ryan O'Hearn and outfielder Ramon Laureano from the Baltimore Orioles, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan connected Thursday.
O'Hearn, selected to his archetypal All-Star Game arsenic a starter this season, punishes right-handed pitching and is having an out-of-nowhere vocation year, hitting .283 -- and with the underlying metrics to enactment that, contempt his vocation .250 batting mean implicit 8 seasons with the O's and Kansas City Royals.
He has cooled of late, however, hitting conscionable .224 since the extremity of May.
With 13 location runs to this point, O'Hearn is already wrong 2 of matching his vocation precocious successful that category. He besides has 43 RBIs and has shown much patience astatine the plate, with his 42 walks besides adjacent to his vocation precocious (46).
O'Hearn, 32, doesn't look lefty pitchers overmuch astatine all, and his splits suggest that helium shouldn't. He besides provides lineup versatility, arsenic helium tin service arsenic the beardown broadside of a first-base platoon and prime up outfield and DH at-bats.
Laureano leads the Orioles with 15 location runs this season. The outfielder, who is hitting a career-best .290 and has 46 RBIs, is expected to go the Padres' caller starting near fielder.
Laureano, 31, is simply a .252 hitter successful his eight-year MLB vocation with 97 location runs and 298 RBIs.
ESPN's Kiley McDaniel and Jeff Passan contributed to this report.
