Cubs Trade Pie to Orioles for Olson

Olson was thought to be one of the pitchers Padres GM Kevin Towers wanted back in a Peavy deal.

Olson was selected in the Supplemental 1st round (48th overall) of the 2005 Rule 4 Draft out of Cal Poly, and was rushed to the big leagues by the Orioles, logging MLB time in both 2007 and 2008. A scouting report from his senior year in college showed him having three quality pitches, including a 88-90 MPH fastball, a 12-6 hammer curve, and a change-up.

He was a teammate of Cubs prospects RHRP Rocky Roquet and 3B turned RHP Josh Lansford in college, and he supposedly wants to be an FBI agent if his baseball career doesn't work out.

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