Orioles have agreed to terms with OF Tyler Colvin

[Greg]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Orioles have agreed to terms with OF Tyler Colvin pending results of a physical, accdg to a source. Colvin, 28, played last 2 yrs w Col</p>— Dan Connolly (@danconnollysun) <a href="

">January 15, 2014</a></blockquote>

<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Guest]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>It is believed Tyler Colvin will get a major league deal. The LH hitter batted .290 w 18 HRs in 2012</p>— Dan Connolly (@danconnollysun) <a href="

">January 15, 2014</a></blockquote>

<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Guest]

I like this move a lot.

[Ommaculate]

This guy almost got killed by a broken bat shard. I thought something like this hadn't happened yet?

On September 19, 2010, in a game against the Florida Marlins, Colvin was hit in the chest with a shard from a broken bat when scoring on a double by Welington Castillo. The piece of bat punctured Colvin's lung. Colvin was brought to the hospital and remained in stable condition. He missed the remainder of the 2010 season due to the incident.[6]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Colvin

[TonySoprano]

Here are his numbers

Major league deal?

[Rene88]

The Orioles are great at signing people I have never heard of:)

On a related note; The Orioles are holding open tryouts for closer I heard.

[Ommaculate]

Here are his numbers

Major league deal?

Why did he only play 27 games last year?

[tntoriole]

Why did he only play 27 games last year?

Disc injury, back.

[Ommaculate]

Disc injury, back.

That's not good.

[TonySoprano]

Why did he only play 27 games last year?

Back problems.

Tyler Colvin is a former first-round pick and top prospect who hit .290 with 18 homers and an .858 OPS in 136 games for the Rockies last season, but he?s been so miserable this season that no teams snatched up the 28-year-old when he was designated for assignment.

That means the Rockies can keep Colvin in the minors without even using a 40-man roster spot for him, which is quite a fall. He went 12-for-75 (.160) with 27 strikeouts for the Rockies and hit .275 with an .857 OPS in 67 games at Triple-A, which looks decent until you consider that Colorado Springs is a Coors Field-like hitters haven and the team as a whole had an .800 OPS.

Colvin has struggled with a back injury that helps explain his terrible performance, but given all the replacement-level talent being added to 40-man rosters this month it?s still surprising that none of the other 29 teams deemed him worth stashing for the offseason.

source - NBC sports

Note to Dan Connolly and others about his 2012 numbers: 1.032 OPS at Coors, 0.687 away.

ETA: It will be interesting if he passes the physical.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Orioles&src=hash">#Orioles</a> expected to announce tomorrow. Physical happening tonight. <a href="https://twitter.com/danconnollysun">@danconnollysun</a> 1st confirmed</p>— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) <a href="

">January 15, 2014</a></blockquote>

<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[eddie83]

There is your LH hitting DH. Urrutia will start at AAA and stay there unless or until Colvin struggles or gets hurt.

[Mayor McCheese]

Wait for it....

Pending physical

[Number5]

He has had some good years in 2010 and 2012. Hopefully can continue to hit well in even-numbered years.

[clapdiddy]

What are we going to do with all these outfielders?

[eddie83]

He has had some good years in 2010 and 2012. Hopefully can continue to hit well in even-numbered years.

I bet we are done or close to it as far as position players go, now the question will be about adding another starting pitcher.