Orioles' Cashner would consider going home if traded

The rebuilding Baltimore Orioles might have a problem brewing.

With July's trade deadline fast approaching, one of the team's primary chips is right-hander Andrew Cashner. The veteran hurler is 4-2 with a 4.14 ERA in 10 starts and could draw significant interest from contenders.

But he may not want to leave Baltimore.

"I wish I had a no-trade clause," Cashner said, according to Dan Connolly of The Athletic. "But it's all part of where you're at (in your career). And, I think, once something comes (on the trade front), I'll have to sit down with my family and decide what's best for me."

Cashner signed a two-year, $16-million contract with the Orioles prior to the 2018 campaign, a deal that includes a $10-million vesting option for 2020. The option kicks in if he throws 187 innings.

And though he has neither a no-trade clause nor 10-and-5 rights to veto a trade, he says he'll have to seriously consider going home to Texas should the team move him to an undesirable location.

"I haven't thought about it too much. At the end of the day, I kind of control what I want to do. Whether I want to go, whether I want to stay," Cashner said. "I'd just have to sit down with my family and find out what's best for us."

Cashner has been traded twice over the course of his nine-year career. The Chicago Cubs originally sent him to the San Diego Padres as part of the deal that brought Anthony Rizzo to the Windy City. Later, the Padres traded Cashner to the Miami Marlins for a prospect haul that included Luis Castillo (now the Cincinnati Reds' ace), Jarred Cosart, Carter Capps, and the soon-to-debut Josh Naylor.

The 32-year-old likes Baltimore, his teammates, and the coaching staff, and isn't eager to leave. He hasn't decided definitively to sit out and re-enter the open market next year if he doesn't like an impending trade, but he's keeping the option in mind.

"I'm not going to say that I wouldn't (go to a contender)," Cashner said. "But I'm just going to say, 'We'll see where it goes.'"