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Brixton
Tillman, you figure is gonna probably cost in the 70-80Mish range to extend. Don’t know if the Orioles want to continue to pump a ton of money into meh players (Gallardo, Hardy, Ubaldo) along with a bunch of money into guys likely to age poorly (Davis, ODay)
GoRav114
I agree and with extensions for Machado, Gausman, and Schoop on the horizon they will be hard pressed to squeeze in cash for Tilly. The thing for the Orioles is they might actually have some legit rotation talent in Gausman and Bundy with guys like Chris Lee, Sedlock, and Harvey all with the potential to be top of the rotation guys so it would be smart for them to lock down a veteran pitcher in Tillman to make sure that rotation continues its development. After Britton and Machado are gone the Orioles are going to rely heavily on the rotation if they want to remain competitive. I think they have made a huge mistake not already locking down a deal for Schoop or Gausman.
bigpapijuicer
Hardy is pretty good and underpaid. Not sure how you lump him in with Gallardo and Ubaldo
Brixton
Hes a below league average hitter for f4 of the last 5 seasons and is making 14M, hes meh.
AUTiger7222
J.J. Hardy aside from a year here or there is a terrible hitter.
lmcpeeks
You have got to be kidding me. Based on every single stat and eye test JJ Hardy is above league average hitter for a SS. This guy is a gold glover, hits for power, his OBP is inline with the top SS’s. He’s typically a 3-4 WAR player if that’s your stat of choice.
If you said he’s injury prone or can’t play more than 120 games anymore i could see your point but you’re just throwing out an opinion based on nothing. Terrible hitter, seriously?
Mitch Augustyn
JJ Hardy is second in baseball to Tulowitzky in HRs and RBI. He has hit over 20 hrs 5 seasons Last year he hit .269 with 29 doubles. He also had the 2nd highest fielding average at over ..987.
jdgoat
I’m not saying he’s a bad defender, but Fielding percentage isn’t a stat that shows if you’re good or not.
jakem59
Well Hardy has been a little better than “a year here or there” hitter in his career, he’s been downright awful the last two years with the bat. Also, his OBP is consistently one of worst among shortstops, he’s no where near the top in that catagory.
jdgoat
His last above average season was 2011. He is not good
jdgoat
Offensive*
parksy78
So Troy Tulowitzki has the highest fielding % of all time for shortstops….Yes all time. How is this stat not validating that he is a supreme defender at his position?
jakem59
Tulo is a good defender, no one is arguing that. But Fielding% is a flawed stat that only looks at balls the player got to. Derek Jeter posted a good percentage for his career, but he’s one of the worst defensive SS of all time. That top 10 all-time list also includes the likes of Jhonny Peralta, Xander Bogaerts, Mike Bordic, and Tony Fernandez. Good/average defenders, but not great.
mehs
Can’t include Xander Bogaerts in best of all time due to small sample size as fielding gets worse as you age. Not to mention his -2.0 fielding WAR last year.
You shouldn’t have any list and leave off Ozzie Smith the all time defensive WAR leader at any position.
MLB Fielding WAR leaders 2016
Andrelton Simmons 16.3
Francisco Lindor 8.5
Brandon Crawford 5.7
Zach Cozhart 5.4
Addison Russell 4.6
J.J. Hardy 4.4
Hardy was 2.3 WAR player for 2016 which would make him paid about what he should be. For 2015 he was a 0.0 WAR player making him well overpaid.
jakem59
I didn’t put Bogey on a “Top 10” list, he ranks in the top ten career fielding% leaders at the moment.
MB923
Pretty cool to see Pedro helping out Severino.
bronxbombers
Hopefully severino absorbs all Pedro has to offer
nyy42
Steroids?
Empire Exoticz
How does steroids help you throw a great change up?
neo
It makes your penis smaller and your chest gets more boob, allowing a pitcher to add more top heavy spin on the baseball, thus a greater change up.
patborders92
I read that story too, you summed it up perfectly!
MB923
I doubt Pedro was on roids
Pedro Cerrano's Voodoo
Dumb troll?
impactrookies
Yankees have done something special in loading their farm with top tier talent. The hard part is having the patience to see this through and give the kids 2nd, 3rd, 4th chances at the ML level to refine their game and reach their potential. Severino is a prime example of this needed approach.