MIAMI ¨C The Miami Marlins today announced that the team has acquired infielder Connor Norby and outfielder Kyle Stowers from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for left-handed starting pitcher Trevor Rogers.

Norby, 24, is rated as the fifth-best prospect in the Orioles system per MLB Pipeline and has slashed .297/.389/.519 (95x320) in 80 games for Triple-A Norfolk in 2024, with 21 doubles, one triple, 16 home runs, and 57 RBI. Among all International League batters, the right-handed hitter ranks sixth in total bases (166), seventh in hits, ninth in AVG, and 10^th in OBP. The Brooklyn Park, Minn. native was named a Baltimore Organization All-Star in both 2022 and 2023, owning a career .286/.368/.498 (312x1167) slash line in 372 Minor League games (2021-24) with 90 doubles, nine triples, 69 home runs, and 241 RBI.

Selected by Baltimore in the second round (41st overall) in the 2021 First-Year Player Draft out of East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C., Norby made his Major League debut with the Orioles on June 3 at Toronto, going 6x32 (.188) with one double, two home runs and three RBI in nine games over two separate stints. The versatile defender saw all nine of his Major League starts at second base, posting a 1.000 fielding percentage (0 E/18 TC) and playing the majority of his Minor League games at the position (2,275.1 innings). He has also seen time in left field (497.0 innings), right field (316.2 innings), and shortstop (11.0 innings).

Stowers (STOW-ers; rhymes with now), 26, has batted .306 (11x36) with four doubles, one home run, and nine RBI in 19 games over two stints with the Orioles this season from May 13-June 19 and July 13-19. The left-handed hitter recorded a hit in eight of his nine starts with Baltimore this season (10x31), appearing in eight games at right field (two starts), seven games at left field (five starts), and two starts as designated hitter. He also owns a .240 AVG (55x229) with 16 doubles, one triple, 18 homers, 55 RBI and 26 walks in 58 games with Triple-A Norfolk in 2024.

Selected by Baltimore in the Competitive Balance Round B (71st overall) in the 2019 First-Year Player Draft out of Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., Stowers owns a .229 AVG (36x157), eight doubles, one triple, four home runs, and 20 RBI in 67 games over parts of three Major League seasons with the Orioles from 2022-24. The Brooks Robinson Minor League Co-Player of the Year with Baltimore in 2021 (along with Adley Rutschman), Stowers has slashed .260/.356/.514 (387x1489) with 91 doubles, seven triples, 91 home runs, and 299 RBI in 407 games in the Orioles Minor League system over five professional seasons.

Rogers, 26, went 2-9 with a 4.53 ERA (53 ER/105.1 IP) in 21 starts with Miami to begin 2024, walking 46 batters against 85 strikeouts. The 6-foot-5 southpaw posted a 4.23 ERA (184 ER/391.1 IP) in 80 starts with the Marlins from 2020-24, including a National League Rookie of the Year runner-up campaign in 2021 that saw him go 7-8 with a 2.64 ERA (39 ER/133.0 IP) in a career-high 25 starts and 157 strikeouts. The Carlsbad, N.M. native was originally selected by Miami 13th overall in the 2017 First-Year Player Draft.