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Rabbitov
Lock him up, we do not want another Mussina incident on our hands.
mstrchef13
Mussina left because he was pissed that the O’s traded Surhoff. No amount of money would have kept him.
Rabbitov
There were a lot of considerations. A big one was that the organization never showed that it cared about and appreciated Mussina. A huge basis for that was that he gave the Orioles multiple opportunities to try to extend him and the O’s reacted by sitting on their thumbs.
A similar, but less cataclysmic situation occurred with BJ Ryan.
MB923
I would like to see him locked up. It’s about time we see the “small market” teams lock up some of their young stars. Nats did it with Zimmermann, Rockies with Tulo, M’s did it with Felix a couple of years ago, Pirates with McCutchen, Rays with Longoria, etc.
I really hope the Orioles do keep him.
John Bayliss
Baltimore isnt a small market, it really is a myth. Before decade long melt down. Baltimore had all of Maryland, DC, downstate Del, Virginia, W. Virginia, large section of North Carolina, and central PA. Balt/DC metro area is huge and it always was the O’s area, they ran 2 bad Senators teams out of town, while not as big as New York, its comparable to Boston and Philadelphia for a market. Most of the so called small market are small markets because they suck, and only the die hards still care.
MB923
That’s why I did put the small market in quotation markets. Technically I know it’s not a small market, but many people feel low payroll teams (Baltimore for instance) are automatically small market and don’t hvae money. Peter Angelos actually has a lot of money though. (No he doesn’t have NY, LA, Boston, Philly type money).
All in all, it would still be good for them to lock him up.
Andrew Ochs
I think he what he was saying was teams that don’t spend big always. Bascially any team other then NY, Bos, philly, La, … but i agree
R.D.
Wow, nice Neifi Perez reference. I kinda forgot about him.
The O’s would be crazy not to give Wieters an extension, he needs to be the heart of that team for them to be competitive.
mstrchef13
Do it! Do it NOW!
And sign Adam Jones while you’re at it.
Lunchbox45
He should probably see about trying to hit RHP while batting right.
he’s amazing though, premier talent. lock up, build around him
Allison
Catchers (good ones, anyways) don’t grow on trees. The O’s can afford more than the average fan is led to believe. No, they aren’t in the Boston-New York-Anaheim-Texas category, but it’s not Pittsburgh, either. If they aren’t going to pursue big name free agents, at least commit to the Wieters/Adam Jones types and build a strong team from within. 1996 was a long time ago….time to start winning again!
MetsMagic
O’s have to lock Wieters up now, because he could break out in a huge way in 2012 and if they have any desire to be a respectable franchise in the near future. Even if he never improves, he’d be worth it.
His 2011 season was the best by a catcher in the AL, and he’s just scratching the surface. Look how slow Jorge Posada’s bat was to develop in the majors, catchers are now for that. To me, Matt’s what Eddie Murray would be if he could play backstop like Jim Sundberg.