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sektorfire
I say take advantage of the next year or two at his low salary and see what he does. If he performs well, then lock him up and bypass the arbitration years.
switchhitingjesus
I think he should get a Ryan Braun type of contract.
GiorgioM
Sign him to a long-term deal now….He is going to be nasty. Great patience and a look of determination on him at all times. He’s going to be the real deal
CasanovaWong
Oooh a look of determination. That’s worth a couple million right there.
bucco_nation
hahahaha
myname_989
Yes. Period.
bobbybaseball
Wieters is going to be terrific but no comp to Mauer. In fact, there really are no comparisons like that. Still, if they can lock him up, fine, but at their terms. No need to overreact to a once-in-a-lifetime type of catcher like Mauer.
myname_989
Nobody is going to be Mauer, but Wieters is still going to be one of the best catchers in baseball. I think the Orioles and the baseball world in general understands that. Lock him up! Haha
bobbybaseball
OK but let him have one good season before proclaiming him the Second Coming, lol.
Ferrariman
to bad his agent is the devil.
Guest 2788
I think they should lock him up now. Why try and save money now when you can save money in a few years when the Orioles will presumably be competitive and looking to spend money to add a couple pieces?
Ethanator99
I don’t know if there is any saving money when dealing with Boras. There are just different levels of how you’re getting screwed.
dallasmelendez
Give him a year, and go Evan Longoria on him
goodasgoldyesmaam
No, do not sign him. Trade him to the Rangers NOW!
Guest 2789
I’d love to see them lock him up long term, I’m really looking forward to seeing him progress.
I’d give him something around what Braun got; 8yrs $42-48MM.
peterherman
They can try, but it would be very un-Boras for him to give up any free agent years. Unless he gets a different agent, the best they can realistically hope for is to buy out his arbitration time with a degree of certainty and stability.
bobbybaseball
Yeah, no way Boras would be stupid enough to have his client sign a team-friendly deal like the Longoria contract.
JackPackage
Of course they should try to lock him up, if he has a career ending injury its a massive set back for the Orioles anyway regardless of wether hes signed long term. Simply put the benefits far outweigh any possible negatives.
They should also lock Adam Jones up and that is a more pressing concern given their service time differences.
I doubt any young star is ever going to sign for something as team friendly as the Longoria deal again but something similar to what Ryan Braun got would be what they’d be looking at.
Wether they can actually get him to sign something is another question.
Guest 2791
6 years/$26.8M?
McCann’s deal when he was in a similar situation (except he had done better in the Majors than Wieters)
Mario333
This discussion is pointless because I don’t think any pre-arbitration Boras client has ever agreed to a multi-year deal. It would make sense if Boras weren’t involved because look at all the money other teams have saved by locking up guys early (Rays with Longoria, Rockies with Tulowitzki, Brewers with Braun, Padres with Adrian Gonzalez etc…)
basemonkey
This kind of makes no sense. Last year he didn’t start the year in the majors to prevent a Super Two situation. Why would the Os go and do that, then sign him to a longterm deal? It’s kind of the opposite gesture, isn’t it? You hold back your top prospects so that that call-up year doesn’t count toward their service time clock.
To sign a player to a longterm deal essentially cancels out the 3 yr arb clock, since no player will sign a longterm deal that essentially garuantees a long string of league minimum years to make it cost effective to do so. There might be a mathematic logic to this, but why would the team or the player go for this?
basemonkey
Keep in mind that Wieters has not yet had a single full season in the majors yet.
Secondly, if you look at history, even spectacular catchers typically don’t post spectacular rookie seasons. Piazza is a the exception, but look at Bench, Berra, Posada, Ivan, Campanella. If you take that into account, Wieters rates favorably among that group. We get dazzled by gaudy numbers by Mauer but even he didn’t get the power going until just recently. A .340/.412/.753 line in your rookie season says quality.
aap212
Say what you want about Boras, but he’s too smart to Longoria his client.
And yes, when a young superstar gives away his 20s for a handful of magic beans, his name becomes a verb.