DALLAS — The Orioles left the winter meetings without a key piece of their offseason wish list: a starting pitcher.

Baltimore wants to add to the rotation, but pitchers are flying off the shelf. The Yankees got Max Fried. The Dodgers signed Blake Snell. The Red Sox traded four prospects for Garrett Crochet. Shane Bieber, Nathan Eovaldi and Michael Wacha re-signed with their previous clubs.

So who is left? And what would it take to get them?

Corbin Burnes

Pro: Burnes, even before his peers signed, was the best of the class. The four-time All-Star and 2021 Cy Young winner was stellar in 2024, except in August, when he allowed 21 earned runs in 25 2/3 innings. A revived cutter — adjusting his mechanics to create more horizontal break and vertical dip — allowed him to return to top form in September and the playoffs. He’s a true ace, and he hasn’t ruled out a return to Baltimore, according to agent Scott Boras.

Con: The price tag. Burnes will likely sign for over $200 million. The Orioles have a new owner with a clean slate to establish his spending habits, but how could signing a deal like that impact the future of the club? Would the Orioles shy away from extending their young stars or signing future free agents if they have $200 million committed to one player? That’s hypothetical, but the Orioles do consider factors like that.

Jack Flaherty

Pro: Last season was a bounce-back year for Flaherty, who made 28 starts for the Tigers and Dodgers, plus five more during the Dodgers’ World Series run, pitching to a 3.17 ERA. His 162 innings were his most since 2019, and his 29.9% strikeout percentage was the highest of his career. Plus, he’ll be cheaper than Burnes.

Con: He’s already been in the Orioles clubhouse, and it didn’t go over well. He made seven starts in 2023, pitching to a 6.75 ERA, and missed outings with soreness.

Roki Sasaki

Pro: Sasaki, a 23-year-old with a career ERA of 2.10 in four years in Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan, was posted Monday. He’s coming to the United States as an international free agent, so teams will be signing him out of their international bonus pool, which is an advantage to smaller-market teams such as the Orioles. The Orioles have $6.9 million this year but are planning to add about a dozen international free agents on signing day next month.

Con: He’s untested in MLB, and success in Japan doesn’t always translate. There was once a time when Shintaro Fujinami — who spent half of 2023 with the Orioles — was thought to be as good or even better as a pitcher than Shohei Ohtani. Fujinami didn’t have the command during the 2023 season to earn a major league deal in 2024, and he spent last season in the Mets’ minor league system.

Sean Manaea

Pro: Orioles general manager Mike Elias loves a good innings eater — take Jordan Lyles in 2022 or Kyle Gibson in 2023 — and Manaea fits that profile with a bit more flair. Manaea had a career-best season in 2024 for the Mets, pitching to a 3.47 ERA and finishing 11th in NL Cy Young voting. Like Flaherty, he’d be more cost-effective than Burnes.

Con: The Mets made him a qualifying offer, so the Orioles would lose a draft pick. Manaea has also expressed interest in remaining in New York, so pulling him away might be a challenge.

Dylan Cease

Pro: It feels as if Cease and the Orioles are permanently linked, and the same is true again. He bounced back in 2024 with the Padres after a so-so 2023, finishing with a 3.47 ERA and a fourth-place showing in NL Cy Young voting. He’s also sturdy, throwing 189 1/3 innings in 33 starts for San Diego.

Con: He has only one more year of team control, so this, like their acquisition of Burnes last winter, would be only a short-term solution for the Orioles. Also, as the haul the White Sox got for sending Crochet to Boston on Wednesday showed, the price is high on the trade market. The Red Sox gave up four top-14 prospects to make that deal.