We asked readers how the Orioles should approach the MLB trade deadline. Here are the results from our online poll:

Trade away impending free agents — 47% (259 votes)

Trade for a star — 22% (122 votes)

Do nothing — 14% (80 votes)

Other — 9% (50 votes)

Blow the whole thing up, trade everyone — 8% (47 votes)

Here’s what some fans have told us about the team’s looming decision (answers have been edited for clarity and grammar):

Owner David Rubenstein said he was willing to spend so let’s do it. When the Corbin Burnes issue came up in the offseason, he just wanted a longer contract. General manager Mike Elias insisted on only four years. For years, the O’s have been stingy with pitching. We don’t draft them high and if we manage to develop them, we trade them. We need to start paying attention to pitching as opposed to positional players! I personally wish Cal Ripken Jr. would take over as general manager at least in the interim until we can find a proven general manager and go really hard to get at least a top-caliber starter and another good mid-rotation guy and maybe add to the bullpen. — Rob Baker

Trading for stars over the past two seasons was the right idea, but it put a big dent in the farm system and hasn’t generated the expected results. Doing it again this season, with the team so far out of contention, would be foolish. So would blowing up the team and trading young stars who are still under team control. The core of this team still has a lot of potential. Better to let go the impending free agents, and restock the farm. — John Devine

Listen, there is no fixing this situation. Unfortunately the damage has been done and the only thing left is to trade everybody except Gunnar Henderson, Jackson Holliday, Colton Cowser and Jordan Westburg. We should get back about 12 prospects and hope that you can find three good players from the bunch. Elias shouldn’t be allowed to ever be a general manager again, even if it’s running a McDonald’s. He single-handedly sabotaged an entire organization and it’s absolutely shameful that we are now where we’re at. — Bob Iancione

The trade deadline is two months away. The front office should be preparing for and exploring each of these scenarios. Trading impending free agents may be the more probable option, but it’s premature to settle on one approach now. — Gary K. Bell

Be selective! Definitely keep cornerstones like Ryan O’Hearn and Cedric Mullins who will help us win next year and continue to aid in the development of our young players. Trade disappointing veterans like Tyler O’Neill and Gary Sánchez for whatever young pitching prospects we can get and let young prospects take their roster spots. — Steve Heagerty

If the management is going allow the impending free agents to leave unsigned, they might as well trade them while they can still get something in return. — Buck Powden

My favorite player for the past three years has been Ryan O’Hearn. Trade him at the deadline and sign him long-term next winter. What a story! — Herb Hopkins

Trade for pitching. Trade Mountcastle, Félix Bautista, Yennier Cano, Charlie Morton and Mullins (reluctantly). Go for a star. Oh, and call up Samuel Basallo! — Margaret Goodlin

Depends on where the Os are on July 15. As of the morning of May 29, they are 11 games back of a wild-card berth into the playoffs. If they are within four or five games of the wild card at the trade deadline, then they should be prudent in who they pursue. Given this start, the general approach should be to improve the team for the second half and next year. — Jim Loving

Unless the O’s are serious about re-signing their pending free agents, trade them. Other than O’Hearn, none of the hitters are hitting to their potential, so their trade value is minimal. The Orioles may have the greatest collection of Triple-A hitters in MLB history, but it apparently does not translate into major league success. Nothing more needs to be said about the pitching staff. Tomoyuki Sugano and Zach Eflin are the only ones showing any consistency, and there is no guarantee that the return of injured pitchers like Kyle Bradish later this season will solve the pitching woes. Elias has a lot to prove after his disastrous offseason acquisitions have sent this team into a downward spiral. — Robert

The Baltimore Sun reader poll is an unscientific survey in which website users volunteer their opinions on the subject of the poll. To see results from previous sports polls, go to baltimoresun.com/sportspoll