Is it time? (Matusz and Britton sign)

[AnythingO's]

But Buck does remember.

[weams]

But Buck does remember.

The shirt. Yeah.

[TonySoprano]

I’ve heard they even kicked the tires on the notion of bringing back right-hander Jeremy Guthrie. But don't count on that happening.

Ed Encina, Balt. Sun, Feb. 2

[weams]

Ed Encina, Balt. Sun, Feb. 2

I don't hate Jeremy. I do think he got traded to Colorado because the Orioles were unwilling to allow him to have his fun with them in court though. And then he really had an awful, Bud Norris, season.

[weams]

Down to one left handed reliever.

http://forum.orioleshangout.com/forums/showthread.php/151591-Matusz-Agrees-To-Terms?p=3980953#post3980953

[weams]

Clash of the titans. Boras v. Smouse.

[Frobby]

Clash of the titans. Boras v. Smouse.

The O's are 3-0 against Boras, I believe. Charles Johnson twice, and Rodrigo Lopez once. I think it will settle.

[TonySoprano]

The O's are 3-0 against Boras, I believe. Charles Johnson twice, and Rodrigo Lopez once. I think it will settle.

Smouse may be 3-0, but Boras beat the Orioles on Ben McDonald.

[weams]

The O's are 3-0 against Boras, I believe. Charles Johnson twice, and Rodrigo Lopez once. I think it will settle.

Zach Britton $7.9MM versus Orioles $5.6MM

[Frobby]

Smouse may be 3-0, but Boras beat the Orioles on Ben McDonald.

OK, so Smouse.

[Frobby]

Zach Britton $7.9MM versus Orioles $5.6MM

Last year, the O's were at $2.2 mm, Britton was at $4.2 mm, MLBTR had projected $3.2 mm and that's where they settled -- exactly halfway in between.

This year, the O's are at $5.6 mm, Britton is at $7.9 mm, MLBTR is at $6.9 mm. I'll predict they settle for between $6.75 mm (which is the midpoint) and $6.9 mm (the MLBTR number). That's a bit more than the $6.5 mm the O's paid Jim Johnson after his stellar 2012 season where he saved 51 and blew only 3, and JJ had a comparable amount of service time to Britton.

[Norfolk orioles]

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This song doesn't actually have the word time in the title but it absolutely fits with the threads motif.

Let's hope this season is hero time for matusz!

[El Gordo]

[weams]

Clash of the titans. Boras v. Smouse.

Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com reports that the Orioles and Zach Britton have a hearing set for Feb. 17. The two sides are facing a fairly sizable $2.3MM gap between Britton’s $7.9MM figure and the club’s $5.6MM counter. If a deal can’t be reached, it’d mark the second straight season with an arb hearing for the Orioles, who won a hearing over Alejandro De Aza last February.

Mlbtradrumors.com

[weams]

It was time. It was.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Britton, orioles settle at $6.75M</p>— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) <a href="

">February 5, 2016</a></blockquote>

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The two lefty relievers now have names again.