Now it's REALLY over...Prince to Detroit

[Frobby]

That may be the stupidest contract in baseball history. And yes, Boras is an absolute genius. I was really thinking he would have a tough time getting $150 mm.

Well, nobody can really argue that Baltimore should have matched this deal. We won't have to have the usual debates about whether Angelos was too cheap for us to ante up, etc. That is simply insane.

Good luck to the Tigers, they will need it!

[The Rick]

Way too much. We were in it, but not for that.

Detroit can have him for that price.

So you're saying this isn't good bye?

[SilentJames]

What better place to go to beat your father's stats than the city and team he played for...

Knew you would back out of that statement.

[blid]

9 years at nearly $24m a year. As much as I thought we needed to sign Prince, I can't bellyache about the Orioles not signing him for that price.

M-Cab is moving to DH? Is he worse with the glove than Prince?

[The Rick]

Baseball sucks.

[VeveJones007]

If Cabrera is playing 3B, we should bunt all 9 guys through the lineup.

I'm not sure about Wieters. Cabrera might be able to get him running down the line.

[Can_of_corn]

I think it's case by case. He got Lohse an incredible deal in a soft pitcher's market a few years ago.

My overall point was that Boras is far from invincible in negotiations.

Folks tend to forget his misses.

[Austin]

Baseball sucks.

Meh, at least it wasn't the Yankees or Red Sox.

[Floater]

If you want the big boys, you are going to have to give out bad contracts. If you want ok players towards the back end of their careers, you give them Oriole contracts.

[blid]

That may be the stupidest contract in baseball history.

Werth contract is far worse.

[RevOlution]

Thank you Jesus, the O's in on Fielder posts, will finally stop. :2yay-thumb:

I wonder what the Nats offer was?

[Tony-OH]

Congratulations to Scott Boras. He hung Fielder out there long enough until one of the idiotic owners would finally give in and give him a ridiculous contract. My federal tax dollars are probably paying for part of his salary since everything else in Detroit has been bailed out by the federal government.

I knew the Orioles had no chance in the Fielder sweepstakes for this very reason. The longer you wait the better chance one of these idiot owners will cave. Congratulations Tigers, you are now the Yankees of the central Division.

[crawjo]

I think it's hilarious that a few hours ago we were debating whether Prince was worth 7/140.

[Slappy]

It's a deal we could never have done, but props to Detroit. They'll have one of the best lineups in the league (two 1.000 OPS potential guys!), a good bullpen, and Verlander. If they bring home a championship or two during Prince's 9 years, then it's hard to characterize the deal as a failure.

[Can_of_corn]

Knew you would back out of that statement.

Considering the contract he got, and the fact that the O's would have probably had to beat it to land him, I honestly believe that Trea wouldn't have pulled the trigger on the deal that would have landed Fielder.

The O's would have had to go 10/250.