Cubs Make Trade for Andrew Kittredge From Orioles: Reports
July 31, 2025
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J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content. A veteran of 20 years of sports coverage for daily newspapers in California, J.P. covered MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Los Angeles Angels (occasionally of Anaheim) from 2012-23 for the Southern California News Group. His first book, The 50 Greatest Dodgers Games of All-Time, published in 2015. In 2016, he won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for breaking news coverage. He once recorded a keyboard solo on the same album as two of the original Doors.
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The Cubs added to their relief corps by acquiring Andrew Kittredge, a former All-Star reliever, from the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.
The late-night deal comes less than 24 hours before Thursday’s 6 p.m. ET trade deadline.
Jon Heyman of the New York Post was first to report the news on Twitter/X.
Kittredge, a 35-year-old right-hander, is 2-2 with a 3.56 ERA in 30 games with Baltimore this season, and 25-14 with a 3.45 ERA in 285 career games with the Tampa Bay Rays (2017-23), St. Louis Cardinals (2024) and O’s.
Andrew Kittredge #39 high fives catcher Maverick Handley #98 of the Baltimore Orioles after the eighth inning against the Chicago White Sox at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on June 1, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. Andrew Kittredge #39 high fives catcher Maverick Handley #98 of the Baltimore Orioles after the eighth inning against the Chicago White Sox at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on June 1, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. Peyton Stoike/Baltimore Orioles/Getty Images
Kittredge will become the second veteran pitcher acquired by the Cubs as the deadline approaches. Right-hander Michael Soroka went from the Washington Nationals to Chicago in exchange for shortstop Ronny Cruz and left fielder Christian Franklin earlier Wednesday.
The Cubs trail the Milwaukee Brewers by one game for the National League Central lead after beating them 10-3 Wednesday. With two months left in the regular season, they’re in the pole position for the NL’s top Wild Card berth.
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Chicago signed president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer to a contract extension Monday. He’s hoping to assemble a team that will end the Cubs’ eight-year playoff drought, if not win their first championship since 2016.
Kittredge could play a small but important role in helping them get there. Cubs relief pitchers have a 3.86 ERA this season,13th in MLB. But several of their high-leverage right-handers have not performed as expected.
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Porter Hodge had a 6.85 ERA in 26 appearances before he landed on the injured list because of a shoulder issue. Veteran Ryan Pressly, acquired in an off-season trade with the Houston Astros that also brought star outfielder Kyle Tucker to Chicago, lost the closer’s job early in the season and has allowed runs in each of his last three outings.
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