Orioles reached agreement on 1 year deal with LHP Wesley Wright

[weams]

2.5? Or so. Plus the are all full at the inn these days.

My dark horse

2014

BOW EAS AA 3 1 2.38 30 3 0 0 0 1 64.1 50 21 17 4 2 18 0 60 .212 1.06 2.42

[mcgraw238]

Right handers have a .762 OPS against Wright the past three seasons (.628 against lefties). Right handers have a .886 OPS against Matusz the past three seasons (.552 against lefties). Right handers have a .558 OPS against Miller the past three seasons (.516 against lefties). I agree with the comments about proximity in evaluating players.

[El Gordo]

A tad better than Matusz, no Miller.

[Malike]

Is there a correct way? Does it affect your enjoyment of the game? If so, ask yourself why.

I agree. They should be able to play with shirts unbuttoned down to their belly buttons, and not tucked in. It's not like they are professionals or anything silly like that. They shouldn't be held to the same standard as the rest of the professionals in the world who have to follow guidelines on uniforms.

[Frobby]

Let's be clear about a couple of things. First, Wright is a LOOGY, and he doesn't defend RHB that well. He's thrown about .75 innings per appearance in his career, never approaching 1.0 IP/G, and that is a sure sign of a LOOGY. He has an .834 OPSA vs. RHB, .666 vs. LHB. Second, the fact that he was non-tendered says a lot. It's not like the Cubs couldn't afford him, and if they wanted the roster spit, they could have traded him for a minor leaguer. Nevertheless, they dropped him. Overall, he's about on Matusz's level, but probably cheaper.

[25 Nuggets]

In the context of LOOGY he's worse than Matusz; referencing their OPS vs LHB above. I think he's far from a lock to make the 25-man roster. We'll see how he looks in spring training.

[weams]

Let's be clear about a couple of things. First, Wright is a LOOGY, and he doesn't defend RHB that well. He's thrown about .75 innings per appearance in his career, never approaching 1.0 IP/G, and that is a sure sign of a LOOGY. He has an .834 OPSA vs. RHB, .666 vs. LHB. Second, the fact that he was non-tendered says a lot. It's not like the Cubs couldn't afford him, and if they wanted the roster spit, they could have traded him for a minor leaguer. Nevertheless, they dropped him. Overall, he's about on Matusz's level, but probably cheaper.

In the context of LOOGY he's worse than Matusz; referencing their OPS vs LHB above. I think he's far from a lock to make the 25-man roster. We'll see how he looks in spring training.

I disagree with both of you. But that is what make this fun.

[weams]

Right handers have a .762 OPS against Wright the past three seasons (.628 against lefties). Right handers have a .886 OPS against Matusz the past three seasons (.552 against lefties). Right handers have a .558 OPS against Miller the past three seasons (.516 against lefties). I agree with the comments about proximity in evaluating players.

But .Wright is certainly not a loogy. He's a one inning lefty - that can get a righty out. Not a Miller of 2013-14 but Not bad either. I like it. He's on the team.

[CA-ORIOLE]

I disagree with both of you. But that is what make this fun.

Agreed. He faced RHB's 60% of the time last year (with much better success than Matusz- .719 OPS against RHB). That doesn't happen with a true LOOGY and a true LOOGY typically doesn't possess 4 pitches.

[Aglets]

But .Wright is certainly not a loogy. He's a one inning lefty - that can get a righty out. Not a Miller of 2013-14 but Not bad either. I like it. He's on the team.

He is a 0.8 WAR guy who will make less than $5M so I suppose there is some value there.

He is not particularly efficient at getting RHB out, (they hit .719 against him last year, .786 the year before) but that is much better than what Matusz did last year.

[bpilktree]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Wright was non tendered by the Cubs. Has held lefties to a .238 avg over his career, but lefties hit .273 against him in 2014. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/orioles?src=hash">#orioles</a></p>? Eduardo A. Encina (@EddieInTheYard) <a href="

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The difference between .273 and .238 is three hits over the course of the season based on the number of guys he faced. He is a groundball pitcher and with our defense should be able to take away a few groundball hits.

[Ruzious]

Like all relievers, the don't accumulate much WAR. But Wright blows Miller out of the water in lifetime WAR.

I think people really need to use any of the WAR stats when they make no sense. Wright is nowhere near as good as Miller. He's a lot closer to Matusz.

[Bahama O's Fan]

The difference between .273 and .238 is three hits over the course of the season based on the number of guys he faced. He is a groundball pitcher and with our defense should be able to take away a few groundball hits.

I think this is the key. We have a fantastic infield defense. We need groundball pitchers as we will "gobble" them up.

[srock]

Another eclectic arm in the bullpen, Buck loves having different styles out there to choose from. I think it really throws off the opponents game plans seeing O'Day, then a crafty lefty like Wright, the power arm of Hunter then the unique sink nasty brought by Zach Britton!

Pretty decent FIP over the last 4 seasons. Really think the Orioles infield will help him out.

Nice signing.

[Malike]

I think people really need to use any of the WAR stats when they make no sense. Wright is nowhere near as good as Miller. He's a lot closer to Matusz.

There is probably a pretty good chance that Miller isn't going to be as good as he was last year. I'm not saying Wright is in the same class of relievers, he's not, but Miller may not be lights out, either.