Orioles sign Nate Karns

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[Going Underground]

More to come 

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This looks to be Elias' first ML signing. 

[Going Underground]

Great minds think alike. 

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Injured a bunch last year, only 45 innings over 8 starts. Depth, baby!

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[Tx Oriole]

3 minutes ago, Going Underground said:

More to come 

Sorry but I have never heard of Nate Karns.

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This signing, the first of new GM Mike Elias’s tenure, looks to be a nice match for all involved. Karns will help fill out the O’s rotation, which had some questions at the back end. He’ll have a chance to show he can finally move past the health issues that have plagued him in recent years.

There’s upside here as well for the Baltimore organization. If Karns is at all successful, he ought to represent an appealing arbitration asset next fall. That’s not too great a concern for Karns, since he only would have one season of arb eligibility remaining. Effectively, the O’s pick up a club option the value of which will float with Karns’s on-field contributions.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/02/orioles-to-sign-nate-karns.html

[Aglets]

Sweet, 4 spots in the rotation down now..........just 1 to go!  

Pretty good for $800K.

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Drafted by the Astros in 2006 in 10th round but didn't sign.

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3 minutes ago, Tx Oriole said:

Sorry but I have never heard of Nate Karns.

Go to Interloper thread for more information on him.

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[Aglets]

1 minute ago, Going Underground said:

Drafted by the Astros in 2006 in 10th tound but didn't sign.

The same year and spring (presumably) that Elias graduated at Yale by the way.

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Roch, serving these days as final approver/executor of Orioles news:

 

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