The Rutschman trade already reshaped both rosters when it went down earlier this month, but the deal wasn't technically finished. Boston sent Rutschman to the Red Sox and now the Orioles have their final piece: 18-year-old outfielder Harold Rivas, tabbed as the player to be named later in the swap.
Rivas isn't a household name yet, but he's not a throw-in either. The Red Sox signed him out of Venezuela in the 2025 international class for a $950,000 bonus, one of the bigger checks Boston cut that cycle, and scouts have talked him up as one of the better outfield prospects to come out of that group.
The tools jump off the page for a kid this age. At 6'2" and about 175 pounds, Rivas has the frame, speed and arm to profile in center field, and some evaluators have compared his swing to Hunter Pence's. Through 26 games in the Florida Complex League this year he hit.253/.384/.462 with 5 doubles, 4 triples, 2 home runs, 14 stolen bases and 17 walks, the kind of all-around line that gets a low-level prospect buzz.
For Baltimore, Rivas rounds out a return that already included right-hander Anthony Eyanson, Boston's former No. 2 prospect and now the O's top-ranked arm, catcher Carlos Narvaez, right-hander Kyson Witherspoon and outfielder Enddy Azocar. It's a haul built around pitching and up-the-middle talent, the standard price of admission for moving a franchise catcher still just entering his prime.
Trading Rutschman was always going to be judged on the return, and adding a teenager with real offensive upside and a plus arm doesn't hurt Baltimore's case. He's years away from Camden Yards, but the Orioles' farm system just got another lottery ticket to go with the big-league pieces they landed up front.