There was no Trade Deadline dizziness this year for the Orioles, who looked largely the same by the time 4 p.m. Wednesday came and went. Besides dealing Andrew Cashner to the Red Sox more than two weeks ago, and sending Dan Straily to the Phillies in a Minor League swap for cash on Wednesday, the Orioles held the line without making any major moves.

It was a stark contrast to last year’s Deadline, when Baltimore unloaded Manny Machado, Zack Britton, Jonathan Schoop and others in a series of deals meant to kick start their rebuild. A year later, the Orioles are in a much less urgent position given all of their more valuable chips – Trey Mancini, Mychal Givens and Jonathan Villar – remain under team control through at least next season.

The Orioles did not have a single player on the active roster with an expiring contract, after sending Cashner to Boston for a pair of teenage prospects in mid-July. As a result, Mike Elias spent his first Trade Deadline as general manager/executive vice president holding his most valuable assets, perhaps to revisit the trade market this winter.

Elias did not respond to several requests for comment. He will address the media prior to Thursday’s game against the Blue Jays.

The Indians, Astros, Rangers and Rays were among the clubs to reportedly inquire about Mancini, though most ended up filling their need for a bat-first corner type in other ways. In the end, most of the bats that moved were rentals -- namely Nicholas Castellanos to the Cubs, Corey Dickerson to the Phillies, Yasiel Puig to Cleveland and Scooter Gennett to San Francisco. The Rays instead bought low on Jesus Aguilar, a former All-Star in the midst of a down season.

Mancini is in the middle of a breakout one, and while peripherally most akin to Castellanos, he's in a much different boat contractually. The former American League Rookie of the Year finalist isn’t arbitration eligible until this winter or a free agent until after the 2022 season, meaning the Orioles have ample time to revisit his market. Without that luxury, the Tigers traded Castellanos to Chicago minutes before Wednesday’s Trade Deadline. The Cubs were also reportedly in on Villar -- he’ll remain with Baltimore as well.

The market appeared to be most sizable for closer Mychal Givens, who was perhaps the most surprising Oriole to remain with the team when the Deadline passed. Considerable interest existed for Givens despite a down year, considering his experience, talent and the sheer number of teams seeking bullpen help. In terms of numbers, relievers tend to dominate the Deadline these days, and Wednesday was no exception.

More than a dozen bullpen arms were moved Wednesday afternoon alone, a group that spanned the market from Shane Greene (who went to the Braves) at the top to injured Nate Jones (from White Sox to Rangers for international bonus pool money) and Tony Cingrani (from Dodgers to Cardinals for Jedd Gyroko). As a once-dominant setup man whose numbers have suffered this year in the closer’s role, Givens figured to factor somewhere in the middle of the market. Several teams that scouted him heavily over the past two weeks -- Washington (Hunter Strickland, Roenis Elias, Daniel Hudson), Minnesota (Sam Dyson) and Atlanta (Greene, Mark Melancon) among them -- ended up finding back-end help elsewhere.

The Orioles were most motivated to move Givens and Villar, the latter of whom was acquired by Dan Duquette in last year’s Schoop deal. The 28-year-old infielder is due for a raise on his $4.8 million salary in his third year of arbitration this winter, while Givens is second-year arbitration eligible and likely owed one as well.

Instead, they settled for washing their hands of Straily, more than a month after out-righting the veteran righty off the 25-man roster. Straily was pitching in Triple-A after going 2-4 with a 9.82 ERA in 14 games for the Orioles earlier this season.

The Orioles also optioned right-hander Chandler Shepherd to Norfolk, ostensibly to make room for recently-claimed infielder Jose Rondon on the active roster.