Rodrigo Lopez

Rodrigo Lopez, the starter for the last three opening days in Baltimore will surely be a goner by the end of the winter meetings. There has been talks of a trade with the Brewers for Kevin Mench, but that seems to be on and off again.

If he lasts as an Oriole after the winter meetings, he won't be on the roster by Spring Training. He's fallen out of favor due to losing 18 games in 2006, and his attitude has been less than the Orioles have expected.

Stay tuned. Pertinent link below:

http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061204&content_id=1750313&vkey=news_bal&fext=.jsp&c_id=bal

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/04/AR2006120401474.html