Update: O's sign Trumbo to 3yr/$37 mil deal

[El Gordo]

Not for 4 years for a DH. 2/12  AAV I could live with.

[25 Nuggets]

5 hours ago, wildcard said:

The O's paid Trumbo 9m last year and considered it a bargain.   He hit 47 homers and drove in over a 100.   They increase the salary offer by 4m.   I think that level on interest is understandable.

In a different market, $13 AAV would be considered a reasonable deal for Trumbo.  It's just that this market has a backlog of hitters that makes his cost unappealing.

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, 25 Nuggets said:

In a different market, $13 AAV would be considered a reasonable deal for Trumbo.  It's just that this market has a backlog of hitters that makes his cost unappealing.

That and his flaws make a long term deal risky.

[Sanfran327]

Just got a ScoreCenter alert saying that Trumbo is willing to sign a 3-year deal with the O's in the $40-50M range. I wouldn't be upset at a 3/42 offer, but that's the low-end of the range. I'd prefer a 3/39 or less though.

[mskrulz]

On ‎1‎/‎9‎/‎2017 at 11:09 AM, El Gordo said:

Not for 4 years for a DH. 2/12 M I could live with.

Now that's just ridiculous, come on now.

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, Sanfran327 said:

Just got a ScoreCenter alert saying that Trumbo is willing to sign a 3-year deal with the O's in the $40-50M range. I wouldn't be upset at a 3/42 offer, but that's the low-end of the range. I'd prefer a 3/39 or less though.

So Trumbo is willing to sign a deal with the O's that is, in all probability, better than any other deal coming his way.

 

Big of him.

[Sanfran327]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

So Trumbo is willing to sign a deal with the O's that is, in all probability, better than any other deal coming his way.

 

Big of him.

Yeah, that's how I read it, too. But it's hilarious to me that his agent cost him ~$30M by not signing the $70M deal that was on the table a month ago. 

[El Gordo]

3 minutes ago, mskrulz said:

Now that's just ridiculous, come on now.

Nah, That's what Ortiz got. Trumbo's no Ortiz.

[Redskins Rick]

3 minutes ago, Sanfran327 said:

Yeah, that's how I read it, too. But it's hilarious to me that his agent cost him ~$30M by not signing the $70M deal that was on the table a month ago. 

If the 70m deal was truly on the table.

[Sanfran327]

1 minute ago, El Gordo said:

Nah, That's what Ortiz got. Trumbo's no Ortiz.

Do you mean, "that's what got Ortiz to go from Minn to Boston?"

[El Gordo]

2 minutes ago, Sanfran327 said:

Yeah, that's how I read it, too. But it's hilarious to me that his agent cost him ~$30M by not signing the $70M deal that was on the table a month ago. 

What 70 M deal was that?

[backwardsk]

2 minutes ago, El Gordo said:

Nah, That's what Ortiz got. Trumbo's no Ortiz.

When did Ortiz get 2/12?

[Frobby]

4 minutes ago, Sanfran327 said:

Yeah, that's how I read it, too. But it's hilarious to me that his agent cost him ~$30M by not signing the $70M deal that was on the table a month ago. 

What $70 mm deal was that?   I haven't heard about it.   

[Sanfran327]

Just now, Redskins Rick said:

If the 70m deal was truly on the table.

Sure. But how skeptical do you want to be? We've only heard that the deal was on the table, nothing that says it wasn't. 

[Sanfran327]

 

1 minute ago, Frobby said:

What $70 mm deal was that?   I haven't heard about it.   

 

2 minutes ago, El Gordo said:

What 70 M deal was that?

The article has a passage that states, "Trumbo's willingness to accept a three-year deal worth under $50 million has apparently created room for the sides to negotiate again after the Orioles took an offer in the range of $70 million - $75 million off the table in mid-December."

Who knows how legit that figure is, but I think ScoreCenter (or whatever they call themselves now) is as legitimate of a news outlet as there is right now.