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rangers1074884
Ha ha ha
JcHc3in1
Eloquent and mature response
lookouts
Guess he’s mad the Orioles stole Chris Davis from the Rangers.
mike156
Given what we know about the three offers, it looks like Cespedes never was able to get the degree of interest that it appeared, earlier on, he would receive. The Met’s deal is the best one for him. It’s basically the most expensive one year pillow contract ever, with a player option for a two year insurance policy.
leavejackburtonalone
Fowler will cost the draft pick, a trade for an outfielder would cost established prospects. I’d rather sign Fowler than give up established prospects. Fowler can offer on base skills that the orioles lack and that’s something Austin Jackson doesn’t bring.
hallzilla 2
Jackson would be cheaper, wouldn’t cost a pick. and be better than what they have currently. Remember, they still need a SP or 2.
dorfmac
Cespedes would have been nice, but I won’t complain too much.
First time I had seen Ryan Brauns name mentioned with the Os, and I think that’d be a good fit. Now that he’s a few years removed from his steroid cloud, and has shown he can still hit, and his salary decreases from 19 mil annually to 16 mil when he’s 36 in the last year of the deal. On top of that, it looks like he has deferred money (4 mil annually, then 3) during those seasons. He also brings a little speed (20 sb) to a slow Os lineup. Then again, Buck won’t run him either way haha
Karmada
I wonder if the Wieters deal will be a seen as a cautious tale and result in fewer QOs going forward for less-than-elite players?
Niekro
If teams are operating like that then changes need to be made QO should not be handed out with the expectations of it not being accepted, Wieters is a pretty damn good catcher when healthy I think all involved are happy.
SoCalShu
Weiters did the right thing by accepting and is confident he will increase his value w/ being further from surgery. …Boras saw how many potential big money players were out there hed’d be competing against for max contracts and decided ti take a raise and postpone FA til next season….
Your point is valid w/ Rasmus who never should of bee extended a QO….and for that matter Fowler or Kendrick (both of whom should have gone the way of Rasmus)
cmb1974
Weiters is well worth the QA amount the O’s are paying him. He will be gone after this year.but as O’s fan I hope they sign him long term.would love seeing him retire as an o
lookouts
It’s not a foregone conclusion he will be gone. The Orioles best position in terms of minor league depth and talent is arguably catcher. Guys like Jonah Heim, Chance Sisco, and Alex Murphy are all considered solid prospects and Duquette has also signed several depth pieces for the AAA and AA teams the past few years. If Wieters should re-sign, then one or more of those prospects becomes trade bait. Not to mention, Caleb Joseph is still around and if Wieters had declined the QO, the Orioles would have been quite happy having CaJo and possibly Clevenger handling the catching. Of course, Wieters coming back allowed the Orioles to make a potentially big trade, sending Clevenger to Seattle for Trumbo and a nice lefty.
Niekro
Of course higher end players the QO is handed out for the draft pick but manipulating the lesser players that is against every thing baseball should stand for.
Karmada
Fully agree, but it’s the nature of the beast.
greatd
Nice to see that the Orioles are trying.
Wonder if they’d try for Fowler / Desmond or any FA left.
cmb1974
I would love fo the O’s to get some pitchers like fister/latos or lincecum someone to eat some innings .
basemonkey 2
The Os
freedom6986
Some players have been known to wilt in the bright lights of NYC (Church, Bay, Ryan). Some seem to thrive on that same pressure but loose focus elsewhere (Reyes). I think Cespedes may be the latter. In any case, both get another year to see it there is a ‘fit’. The third option is a contract extension. People tend to forget that $600 million in potential liability on the Madoff deal was settled this year. While they still lost a bunch, the Wilpon’s potential liability dropped 90%.
ray_derek
Braun to Baltimore makes sense to me. Milwaukee needs to rebuild in a very tough NL central.