Cost considered, who would you prefer to sign among Davis, Upton, Heyward, Cespedes or Gordon?

[Spy Fox]

Davis has my sentimental interest. But in the end my more lasting sentimental interest is for the Orioles to be a good team as often as possible and for that goal I think the answer to this question is...

[PeteU]

Crush.

There's something to be said about the intangible of keeping the team together as much as possible.

[Can_of_corn]

Crush.

There's something to be said about the intangible of keeping the team together as much as possible.

I think trying to keep the team together hurt the 2015 squad. Sure they let Markakis and Cruz walk but they brought back a ton of arbitration players which ate up payroll and hurt roster flexibility.

[LookitsPuck]

Heck, I'd even give him a competitive offer that included a player opt-out after 2019 to lock him in along with Jones and give him a chance to bolt if he wants at that point. My hope would be I've built a very good team by that point and can either give Jones's money to him in re-negotiating his deal or hope he's healthy and productive and wants out if the team needs financial flexibility as part of a rebuild/restructure at the MLB level.

This x 100.

[OriolesMagic83]

The O's need to sign one of the top hitting free agents, IMO. Which one do you think they should sign. Also give your opinion on what contract each of these players will get.

[oriole]

I say Heyward. He is good defensively and young enough that we could expect him to get better as the contract progresses rather than worse.

[ArtVanDelay]

Don't we already have this exact thread with the same poll and everything?

[ArtVanDelay]

http://forum.orioleshangout.com/forums/showthread.php/150108-Cost-considered-who-would-you-prefer-to-sign-among-Davis-Upton-Heyward-Cespedes-or-Gordon

[Il BuonO]

Don't we already have this exact thread with the same poll and everything?

No options here for money to be spent elsewhere and I did offhandedly say in the other one Price in attempt to show that none of these is going to happen.

The answer is Heyward.

[isestrex]

We need a LH bat because of this:

All I know is that they better be lefties

1. Machado ®

2. LF

3. Jones ®

4. 1B

5. Schoop ®

6. DH

7. RF

8. Hardy ®

9. Joseph ®

All the guys actually committed next year bat right handed.

So that eliminates Cespedes and Upton as attractive as they may be.

I'm not a fan of Heyward and very much believe he will be comparable to Markakis (at least offensively) for the duration of this next deal.

That means it's between Crush and Gordon. Obviously Gordon has the better defense and Crush the better offense. Both players will get you between 3 and 6 fWAR and both will demand huge paydays. But Davis is actually 2 years younger than Gordon and already a fan of Buck and Adam Jones. If there's any hope for a team discount we might get it there.

I voted Davis.

[mdbdotcom]

We need a LH bat because of this:

So that eliminates Cespedes and Upton as attractive as they may be.

I'm not a fan of Heyward and very much believe he will be comparable to Markakis (at least offensively) for the duration of this next deal.

That means it's between Crush and Gordon. Obviously Gordon has the better defense and Crush the better offense. Both players will get you between 3 and 6 fWAR and both will demand huge paydays. But Davis is actually 2 years younger than Gordon and already a fan of Buck and Adam Jones. If there's any hope for a team discount we might get it there.

I voted Davis.

Tell the Blue Jays they need a LH bat.

[weams]

I though Cespedes was 70 million tops.

[weams]

I think trying to keep the team together hurt the 2015 squad. Sure they let Markakis and Cruz walk but they brought back a ton of arbitration players which ate up payroll and hurt roster flexibility.

I agree.

[mdbdotcom]

I think trying to keep the team together hurt the 2015 squad. Sure they let Markakis and Cruz walk but they brought back a ton of arbitration players which ate up payroll and hurt roster flexibility.

Exactly, but it's difficult for an owner to break up a winning team. What do you tell the fans? Hank Peters wanted to cut Palmer, Singleton, and Bumbry after the World Series win in '83. EBW wouldn't let him break up the team. Peters was right.

[Aristotelian]

I'm not a fan of Heyward and very much believe he will be comparable to Markakis (at least offensively) for the duration of this next deal..

I am not wedded to Heyward but he destroys Markakis defensively. No way Markakis comes close to this play...http://m.mlb.com/video/v31405521/atlnym-heyward-makes-spectacular-catch-to-end-game