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New York Post: Orioles and Chris Tillman working on Extension Before Start of Season


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Depends on whether you want the Orioles to operate like the A's or not.
Maybe. Certainly not "bad" though, or something that blew up in the teams face or anything.

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In retrospect, it would have been best for the Orioles to allow Nick to approach FA untethered the first time.

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Maybe. Certainly not "bad" though, or something that blew up in the teams face or anything.

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"Not bad" does not equal good. I don't see how a pre-FA extension that manages to result in negative value can be seen as good. Really, for the Orioles any contract that doesn't provide surplus value is a bad thing. It's especially bad when you end up paying over-market for a guy still in arbitration.

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You can't just never . . .

I love this combination of words.

Hello Os fans, from vacation.

Can people take a crack at catching me up on the situation right now? What are we looking at fellas, and which of the things we'll not focus on be the true story in June?

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There may be some signaling going on here. Extending Tillman may or may not be a good idea in its own right, but it sends a signal to the team that the O's are intending to do what it takes to remain competitive. I'll be interested to hear what terms are under discussion.

Edit: I see RZNJ already made this point.

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I'd wait until after the 2015 season to extend Chris.

It would cost you quite a bit more than.

There are risks in life, especially pitchers.

But, of all the SP on this team, this is the right guy to lock up.

If he was a free agent, you would be all over DD to break open the piggy bank and sign him.

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It would cost you quite a bit more than.

There are risks in life, especially pitchers.

But, of all the SP on this team, this is the right guy to lock up.

If he was a free agent, you would be all over DD to break open the piggy bank and sign him.

I wonder if any studies have been done regarding whether teams do better by extending 3 years, 2 years or 1 year before free agency. Obviously, the earlier the extension, the more risk the team takes on. However, the discount presumably is largest then, and perhaps, the length of the extensions tend to be shorter and include fewer years when a player is likely to be past his prime. I've never seen a systematic analysis of this subject.

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I wonder if any studies have been done regarding whether teams do better by extending 3 years, 2 years or 1 year before free agency. Obviously, the earlier the extension, the more risk the team takes on. However, the discount presumably is largest then, and perhaps, the length of the extensions tend to be shorter and include fewer years when a player is likely to be past his prime. I've never seen a systematic analysis of this subject.

They probably have, at least, at the FO level of some of the clubs.

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I would extend. He's proven to be durable up to this point. If he has to have TJS, hopefully the terms of the extension are fair enough to where missing a year doesn't kill you financially, and he's a good enough dude that you don't mind that sort of thing too much.

Bottom line, if he stays healthy and doesn't extend, there's no way the O's are going to be able to afford him. They can't even afford Wei Yin Chen and we all agree Tillman is the better pitcher. Get him locked up while you can.

Could they afford Chen, if his agent wasn't Boras?

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