Hardy Extension Announced Today

[waroriole]

If true, this is big for many reasons. Our payroll was going to push $110M in 2015 without re-signing our key free agents. This is indeed a new era in Orioles baseball!!!!!

No it wasn't.

[isestrex]

I'm worried about the back and I'm worried the price will be too high... but other than that I'm ecstatic.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/10/orioles-j-j-hardy-nearing-extension.html

[Palmoripken]

The Bedard for Jones, Tillman trade was important but can't overstate that JJ and Brendan Harris (memember him?) for Jim Hoey and Brett Jacobson was great too. Remember our shortstops post Miguel Tejada tour 1.

[OrangeJerseys]

Excellent.

[atomic]

Wow, can't believe they risked doing this during the postseason. If things went sour, I'd hate for a pissed-off JJ to be taking the field. However, that didn't happen, so this is great!!

Now, let's get Kakes re-signed. He needs to be an OFL.

Maybe they couldn't afford it until they got ALCS money.

[AlbionHero]

3 years/40 million is a fine deal... He'll only have to average about 2.5 WAR a season to be worth it.

[atomic]

The Bedard for Jones, Tillman trade was important but can't overstate that JJ and Brendan Harris (memember him?) for Jim Hoey and Brett Jacobson was great too. Remember our shortstops post Miguel Tejada tour 1.

Whom was the Shortstop that we wanted to trade Reimold for that got nixed by Angelos?

[atomic]

3 years/40 million is a fine deal... He'll only have to average about 2.5 WAR a season to be worth it.

That is a lot of WAR to expect from him going forward.

[Nigel Tufnel]

Well, Rosenthal said 3 years, north of $40M. Not sure how far north...

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[Palmoripken]

Whom was the Shortstop that we wanted to trade Reimold for that got nixed by Angelos?

Hmmm maybe Aybar? or was it Brandon Wood.

[CWalston108]

I've got mixed feelings on this. JJ was injury prone before coming to Baltimore and he's 32. Also his numbers dropped off a ton from last season.

[Slappy]

Suck it Yankees

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[canonfaz]

Hmmm maybe Aybar? or was it Brandon Wood.

Pretty sure it was Bartlett from Tampa Bay.

[PeteU]

He's playing in a city where the fans announce his name whenever he comes to bat. Of course he doesn't want to play anywhere else.

Besides, he's got the coolest walk-up song ever.

[Babypowder]

3 years/40 million is a fine deal... He'll only have to average about 2.5 WAR a season to be worth it.

That's if you are a team that should be paying market value for wins, I don't think the Orioles should be.