JJ Hardy is ridiculously underpaid - And a Silver Slugger- And third in the Platinum glove voting.

[Frobby]

JJ Hardy is the gift that keeps on giving. Per fangraphs, in 2011 he was worth about $19.4 mm, and we paid him $5.5 mm. Plus, that July he signed a 3 year, $22.5 mm deal. Again per fangraphs, he's already been worth $26.2 mm in 2012-13, with the rest of this year and all of 2014 left to be played.

I don't want to get into the long-term issues in this thread. I just want to say that I really appreciate everything Hardy brings to the table, and the value we've gotten from him for the money is unbelievable.

[Malike]

JJ Hardy is the gift that keeps on giving. Per fangraphs, in 2011 he was worth about $19.4 mm, and we paid him $5.5 mm. Plus, that July he signed a 3 year, $22.5 mm deal. Again per fangraphs, he's already been worth $26.2 mm in 2012-13, with the rest of this year and all of 2014 left to be played.

I don't want to get into the long-term issues in this thread. I just want to say that I really appreciate everything Hardy brings to the table, and the value we've gotten from him for the money is unbelievable.

Holy cow, I knew he was underpaid, but that really is unbelievable.

[scOtt]

Just random praise, I remember many drives the landed on the first concourse in LF. 20+ rows deep. STUPID power for a SS!

[mark_beckens]

The benefit of taking a chance on a player who has struggled, like McLouth. You get them cheap, hope they succeed. They both have been very important parts the last two years. Hopefully they will resign Nate.

[Il BuonO]

Credit where credit is due. That was McPhail's doing. Andy made some good deals in his time here.

[Orioles4Life21]

J.J. is easily one of my favorite Orioles ever. He's not flashy in any way whatsoever. He just goes out and gives it his best every single night.

[Tx Oriole]

J.J. is easily one of my favorite Orioles ever. He's not flashy in any way whatsoever. He just goes out and gives it his best every single night.

Glad the O's got him.

[PeteCanes]

Credit where credit is due. That was McPhail's doing. Andy made some good deals in his time here.

Got him for nothing. my mind was boggled the day the Twins made that trade.

[maybenxtyr]

J.J. Hardy is a very solid player. A very solid fielder and a dangerous, but not great hitter. I guess FanGraphs knows what they are talking about, but would any ML team pay Hardy more than 10M a year on the open market?

I imagine he would get 10+ on the open market. Boston is paying Stephen Drew $9.5 million this season, and he has been worth 2 wins according to Baseball Reference. JJ has been worth 3.2 wins.

[PeteCanes]

And we got him for basically Jim Hoey and Brett Jacobson. Wow, what a deal. Thats like Manhattan for a string of beads.

The Lenapes didn't sell the island, as it was impossible to sell land. They were there for many long years with the Dutch.

[scOtt]

J.J. Hardy is a very solid player. A very solid fielder and a dangerous, but not great hitter. I guess FanGraphs knows what they are talking about, but would any ML team pay Hardy more than 10M a year on the open market?

Probably not quite $10M, but one team might... GG 30-HR slugger.

[Frobby]

J.J. Hardy is a very solid player. A very solid fielder and a dangerous, but not great hitter. I guess FanGraphs knows what they are talking about, but would any ML team pay Hardy more than 10M a year on the open market?

If Hardy had gone ahead and filed for free agency after the 2011 season, I think he might have gotten $10 mm+, though I'm not sure. In any event, he was comfortable in Baltimore and signed for a reasonable price. The one knock on Hardy then was that he was injury prone, but he's missed only a handful of games since then. It's too soon to say whether he could earn $10 mm+ the next time around, but if he stays as healthy as this year and has a similar season in 2014, I think he will.

[waroriole]

The tag he put on Johnson last night was incredible.

[DrungoHazewood]

J.J. Hardy is a very solid player. A very solid fielder and a dangerous, but not great hitter. I guess FanGraphs knows what they are talking about, but would any ML team pay Hardy more than 10M a year on the open market?

Given his age and the fact he has some injury history and the risk to his offense from having a terrible OBP... they probably wouldn't pay him like they expect 3+ win seasons for 3-4 years. But if he continues at pace and puts up a 4 win season this year. That means he's been worth about 10 wins in the last three years. So they might pay him for about 3.5, 3, 2.5, and 2 wins over four years, which is a total of 11 wins, which makes for a 4/50 type deal.

So I guess I'm saying, yea, someone might pay him a bit more than $10M a year. Luckily he's locked up for another year here, and with age his asking price will probably be lower for 2015.

[flaoriolesfan]

The RedSox,Yankees,Dodgers,Angels, or Rangers come to mind the teams I think would give a SS the caliber of JJ over 10 mil a year if they were looking for a SS. As Maybenxtyr stated if Stephen Drew can get 9.5 mil I can't see why JJ couldn't get 11 or 12 mil. I would even think when we resigned him he could have got maybe a 4 year 50 million dollar contract. On another note I sure wish Buck would have him in front of Nick in the line-up all the time before or after Matt.