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Baez Back In Baltimore?
According to MLB.com's Alden Gonzalez, right-handed reliever Danys Baez is interested in returning to the Orioles.
It's not yet clear if the feeling is mutual.
The 32-year-old Baez posted a 4.02 ERA, 1.13 WHIP and 40/22 K/BB ratio in 71 2/3 innings this season. He served as an effective workhorse for the O's and was especially dominant against right-handed hitters, holding them to a .197 batting average and .565 OPS. He also had a robust 60.9% groundball rate. Baez told the Baltimore Sun back in September that he hoped to resume his career on the East Coast:
"I'd like to stay in the East. I like pitching [in the division], and the East is more convenient for me and my family," said Baez, whose family lives in Miami. "I would love to be on a contending team and get into the playoffs. But I have to wait until the offseason and free agency and talk to my agent."
The Orioles signed Baez to a three-year, $16MM deal in November of 2006. He will get another crack at free agency once the World Series concludes.
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it says he wants to pitch for a contender and the orioles are deffinetly not a contender.
Posted by: Yankees10 | November 04, 2009 at 06:18 PM
Basically he wants to play for the Sox or Yanks.
Posted by: overmind | November 04, 2009 at 06:52 PM
Yuck!
I remember when he Braves traded for him in 2006. Thank god it was just Betemit though.
Still can't believe the O's signed him for the years/$ it took.
Posted by: Tomahawk368 | November 04, 2009 at 06:57 PM
May make sense for the Rays to bring him back.
Posted by: WestCoastBias | November 04, 2009 at 07:11 PM
baez wore out his welcome in b-more LONG ago. fans hate him. costs too much. i cant think of one reason to bring him back.
if we are going to resign 1 crummy reliever from this season let it be mark hendrickson
Posted by: lftyg33 | November 04, 2009 at 08:34 PM
Baez didn't wear out his welcome with *this* Orioles fan. He was signed to too large of a contract in 2007, along with Walker and Bradford, then he struggled in 2007 because he was hurt and missed all of 2008. This left a bad taste with people. However, he was the O's best reliever in 2009, and if he signs a market-fair contract I'd love to have him back instead of the Brian Basses of the league.
Posted by: mstrchef13 | November 04, 2009 at 09:16 PM
1. I'd like to stay in the East. I like pitching [in the division].
2. The East is more convenient for me and my family.
3. I would love to be on a contending team and get into the playoffs.
2 out of 3 ain't bad, right?
Posted by: B N | November 05, 2009 at 11:16 AM
Baez is a slightly above replacement level reliever. He might be a useful middle / long reliever for a contender (I see him in a Chad Gaudin type role), but there's no reason for a rebuilding team to give him any sort of major league contract, when you could take a flier on a guy with more upside (or just stick one of the starters into the bullpen).
Next year, we should see Uehara / Johnson / Hendrickson / Meredith in the bullpen, which leaves 3 spots (if we go with a 12 man pitching staff). One of those spots will probably go to David Hernandez or Jason Berken, with the winner of that battle becoming the #5 starter. Kam Mickolio was our best relief prospect last season; he deserves the 6th spot. Are we really going to give Danys Baez that 7th spot over the 10 guys in our system, and everyone else on the waiver wire? I doubt it.
Posted by: ugen64 | November 05, 2009 at 08:43 PM
please no, I can not stand to watch him in orange and black anymore
Posted by: TB | November 10, 2009 at 08:48 PM