Should the Orioles trade one of their veteran starters?

The Orioles have six starters for five spots. That we know. We also know there have been reports about the club being open to trading one of its veteran arms.

While the club is excited about what Chris Tillman, Kevin Gausman and Dylan Bundy could do at the top of the rotation, what about Yovani Gallardo, Wade Miley and Ubaldo Jimenez after that?

The Orioles have hopes that a healthy Gallardo in 2017 could pitch more like he did in 2015 with the Rangers, when he went 13-11 with a 3.42 ERA. Gallardo missed about two months in 2016 with a shoulder injury, and a healthy shoulder for a full year would provide him a shot to pitch more like he did two seasons ago.

He went 6-8 with a 5.42 ERA in 23 starts in 2016. He finally started to pitch deeper into games, going six innings or more in eight of his last 13 starts. He gave up three runs in 12 innings over his last two starts of the season and pitched to an ERA of 3.38 in a four-start stretch in August. Gallardo is scheduled to earn $11 million next year.

Miley was 2-5 with a 6.17 ERA in 11 starts with the Orioles after they acquired him from Seattle in a July 31 trade for Ariel Miranda. He had gone 7-8 with a 4.98 ERA for the Mariners.

Miley had an ERA of 8.41 in his first eight starts with the Orioles, but worked to an ERA of 1.23 over his last three starts with two walks and 23 strikeouts. It was a dramatic reversal. If Miley could pitch close to his career 4.18 ERA, the O's would have a back end piece of the rotation with four years of 190 or more innings on his resume. And a lefty also. Miley is due to earn $8.75 million in 2017.

Jimenez went 8-12 with a 5.44 ERA over 29 games and 25 starts. The 32-year-old right-hander is 26-31 with a 4.72 ERA in three seasons with Baltimore.

He certainly did finish strong last year, before the quick ending with him on the mound in the American League wild card game. Jimenez pitched to an ERA of 2.45 with a WHIP of 0.86 over his last seven starts of the regular season, beginning on Aug. 25. From that date on, he allowed a batting average against of just .170, which was the lowest in the majors during that span. In the final season of a four-year contract with the Orioles, Jimenez is being paid $13.5 million for next season.

The Orioles rotation overall improved by a large margin in the second half. At the All-Star break, the starters had an ERA of 5.15. In the second half, that number was 4.24. Over a full year, a rotation pitching to an ERA of 4.24 would have ranked fourth in the AL in 2016.

So if the Orioles do move one of the veteran three, which is most likely to go? Which pitcher would you be seeking to deal?