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Adam Jones Extension Reactions

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | May 25, 2012 at 2:30pm CDT

The Orioles are nearing a six-year, $85MM contract extension with center fielder Adam Jones. The deal, which is the largest in Orioles franchise history, will cover his final arbitration season (2013) and five free agent years (2014-18). Here are some notes on and reactions to the deal:

  • The deal's a win-win for Jones and the Orioles, Dave Cameron of FanGraphs writes. Cameron points out that we can expect more walks from Jones as he gains experience and notes that $75MM — the amount Baltimore committed to the center fielder's free agent years — doesn't always buy much on the open market.
  • The Orioles could have acquired John Lannan, Drew Storen and Steve Lombardozzi from the Nationals for Jones over winter, Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com reports (on Twitter). Washington GM Mike Rizzo loves Jones, Adam Kilgore of the Washington Post reports (on Twitter).
  • An NL executive says the Orioles did well to extend Jones instead of trading him last offseason, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com writes (on Twitter).
  • MLB.com's Brittany Ghiroli‏ had been under the impression that the Orioles would have lost Jones to free agency after 2013 if they had waited until next offseason to discuss an extension (Twitter link).
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  1. chico65

    11 years ago

    It’s so big!

    Reply
  2. Lefty

    11 years ago

    The Orioles could have acquired John Lannan, Drew Storen and Steve Lombardozzi

    That trade would have been an “Unmitigated Disaster” and I don’t think that would be enough to describe it if that trade had occurred.

    Lannan smells.
    I like Storen, but he’s hurt
    Lombardozzi can’t field.

    Other than that it would been a wonderful deal.
    I would have personally ran Duquette out of town if he did that. What was Rizzo thinking? Old Dan just fell of the Turnip truck when he offered that deal. 

    Reply
    • Carter Semple

      11 years ago

       Lombardozzi actually can field. There is a reason he is their “super” util player.

      Reply
      • Rabbitov

        11 years ago

        I went to the Nats game this past weekend, and I can say without question that our first year field announcer would have trouble with that last name. 

        Reply
    • FS54

      11 years ago

      I am a Nats fan and I think that would have been a steal in Nats favor.

      Reply
  3. philly_red

    11 years ago

    What a lousy deal that would’ve been: Lannan is overpriced and is in the minors, Storen is hurt (and the O’s have Jim Johnson), and while Lombardozzi looks good so far, he doesn’t seem to have any power.

    Reply
    • TheLoLgen

      11 years ago

      Not only is Lannan in the minors, he’s failing badly.

      http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=lannan001joh 

      Not sure if his performance is simply a reaction to being sent to the minors in the first place, but he is quickly losing however much value he had (apparently enough to be involved in an Adam Jones deal).

      Reply
      • Rabbitov

        11 years ago

        I wonder if some degree of that is mental.  Injuries, being called down, trade rumors, all have bad effects on that. 

        Reply
        • Carter Semple

          11 years ago

          I would argue that he was never very good in the first place

  4. OrangeCards

    11 years ago

    From the Fangraphs article, Jones only has to post the following years to be “worth” his contract:

    2013: +4.0 WAR

    2014: +4.0 WAR

    2015: +3.5 WAR

    2016: +3.0 WAR

    2017: +2.5 WAR

    2018: +2.0 WAR

    I think he’s likely to do this, with the potential to break out as he’s been doing this year. You don’t need to tell me it’s unsustainable, it doesn’t need to be for his contract to be worth it. When you add in the Oriole losing tax, I’ll take this deal all day.

    but I might just be an Oriole homer, so who knows.

    Reply
    • OsFan106

      11 years ago

      Quoted from Wikipedia regarding the WAR stat: “There is no clearly established formula for WAR. Sites that provide the statistic, such as Baseball Prospectus, Fangraphs, and Baseball Reference, all calculate it differently.”

      With no clear way to calculate the statistic, the statistic loses its credibility. WAR means nothing without a set way of calculating the said statistic.

      With that out of the way, this is a great deal for the Orioles. Now, lock up Wieters long term and trade for another starting pitcher and we’ll be good to go.

      Reply
      • MB923

        11 years ago

        Well said.

        I think the O’s should have locked up Wieters before Jones though, but hopefully they lock up both.

        Reply
      • BusterMaloney

        11 years ago

        Thats why people have to specify if they are using rWAR (Baseball-Reference) or fWAR (Fangraphs), etc.  Personally I think rWAR is the best of the bunch.

        Reply
      • OrangeCards

        11 years ago

        Fangraphs has a very specific way they calculate WAR, and I’m referencing the Fangraphs article. Just because there are different variations on the statistic does mean that the entire body of work is worthless.

        And we’re using Wikipedia to discredit Fangraphs? What? (don’t make me edit that entry … )

        I agree, we can’t afford to wait with Wieters. With his semi-breakout last year, and Boras as his agent, we’ll never meet his asking price if he smells FA.

        I’d wait on the SP until Britton comes back. He could be an important piece. If he struggles, I’d go after Oswalt and save our limited trade pieces (read pieces we should be giving up) if we sustain this winning to pick up 3B help at the deadline.

        Reply
      • burnboll

        11 years ago

        Wieters is the big piece to build this team around IMO. Hopefully the O’s try to find him a secondary position so they can rotate him between for example catcher-first base-DH. That way he’ll last longer and the risk of him ending up like Mauer is much less likely. Wieters is IMO a potential multi MVP, so take care of his health is a big priority.

        Reply
      • notsureifsrs

        11 years ago

        “With no clear way to calculate the statistic, the statistic loses its credibility.”

        unless of course you are willing to work harder than wikipedia

        Reply
  5. Snoochies8

    11 years ago

    An OK starter, a good super utility player unless a team (say, the A’s for instance…) doesn’t have a decent 3B available then he’d be a starter, and a really good reliever all for a quality CF (who’s since improved his stock juuuuust a bit) under control for a couple years

    yeah, I guess the Orioles made the right choice

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  6. Kamran

    11 years ago

    Great deal for the O’s..an average value of 14.6M. With what Jones is doing now and what he can do, in addition to the ludicrous contracts being handed out today, this a good deal.

    I hope the O’s do well. Lock up Weiters next.

    Reply
  7. Leonard Washington

    11 years ago

    Good deal, thank god those high estimates were false. This could be a discount if Jones can play like a cross between 2011-2012 (So far) for the rest of the deal, and I think he will. 

    Reply
  8. Carter Semple

    11 years ago

    This is a great deal. Compared with the amount of money that has been given to crap the last few years, I cant believe there are all these naysayers out there. Good for the Orioles.

    Reply
    • burnboll

      11 years ago

      I think there’s a lot of healthy sceptisism towards big deals nowadays, compared to just a few years ago.

      Then GM’s would get hailed for landing players, fans not really examining the long term consequences of the deal.

      But with deals like Barry Zito, Jayson Werth, Ryan Howard, Carl Crawford, Vernon Wells, and many others, every new big contract should be examined thoroughly.

      This Adam Jones deal looks a bit suspicious, but I have great faith in Buck Showalter’s influence in that organisation, and I’m sure he’s made a recommendation on the future qualities and potential abilities on Adam Jones.

      But a 15 mil guy is someone you build a team around, and he cannot be a bust.

      Reply
      • Rabbitov

        11 years ago

        *14.1 mil guy

        Reply
  9. $6101468

    11 years ago

    Albert Bell….always that possibility. 

    Reply
  10. NYPOTENCE

    11 years ago

    As a Baseball fan I can’t envision a more competitive division than the AL East. I mean you’ve got teams like the Red Sox and Yankees who will always find ways to stick around, an organizational abomination in the Rays, and two up-and-coming teams such as the O’s and Jays. It really can’t get much better than this.

    Reply
  11. fitz

    11 years ago

    Thank you Erik Bedard

    Reply
  12. Ryan The Braves Fan For Life

    11 years ago

    Not worth it

    Reply
  13. Ryan The Braves Fan For Life

    11 years ago

    Now give that to bmac

    Reply

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