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The Free Agent Starting Pitchers


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I know the O's are not going to be splashy spenders this offseason.  I know we've been burned by free agent pitchers in the recent past (Ubaldo Jimenez, Alex Cobb, etc.). But take a look at this list. 

Who is one pitcher you think they should pursue and why?

Starting Pitchers

Brett Anderson (33)
Chase Anderson (33)
Chris Archer (32)
Jake Arrieta (35)
Homer Bailey (35)
Trevor Bauer (30)
Trevor Cahill (33)
Tyler Chatwood (31)
Anthony DeSclafani (31)
Robbie Erlin (30)
Mike Fiers (36)
Mike Foltynewicz (29)
Kevin Gausman (30)
Zack Godley (31)
Gio Gonzalez (35)
Cole Hamels (37)
J.A. Happ (38)
Rich Hill (41)
Corey Kluber (35)
Mike Leake (33)
Wade LeBlanc (36)
Jon Lester (37)
Tommy Milone (34)
Mike Minor (33)
Matt Moore (32)
Charlie Morton (37)
Jimmy Nelson (32)
Ivan Nova (34)
Jake Odorizzi (31)
James Paxton (32)
Martin Perez (30)
Rick Porcello (32)
Jose Quintana (32)
Robbie Ray (29)
Garrett Richards (33)
Tyson Ross (34)
Jeff Samardzija (36)
Anibal Sanchez (37)
Matt Shoemaker (34)
Drew Smyly (32)
Marcus Stroman (30)
Masahiro Tanaka (32)
Julio Teheran (30)
Michael Wacha (29)
Adam Wainwright (39)
Taijuan Walker (28)
Alex Wood (30)
Jordan Zimmermann (35)

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Not responsive to the question, but I remember Tyler Chatwood was a hot commodity the last time he came up for free agency.    Lots of chatter here about whether the Orioles should go after him.   The Cubs signed him for 3/$38 mm.   He produced 1.2 rWAR in those three years.

 

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1 hour ago, joelala said:

John Lester because he apparently just spent 47k buying cubs fans beers this weekend. 
 

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30244427/free-agent-jon-lester-spends-47k-beers-chicago-fans-possible-farewell

So, you're thinking that maybe you'll get a free beer out of it if we sign him?  Sounds good to me!  ?

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Maybe someone good enough that they’re worth a major league deal but not quite good enough that we are one of only teams offering it. I’m looking at Ray, Chatwood, maybe even Archer type of guys. 
 

Unless of course we’re dreaming. Then why not Bauer? 

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13 hours ago, Frobby said:

Not responsive to the question, but I remember Tyler Chatwood was a hot commodity the last time he came up for free agency.    Lots of chatter here about whether the Orioles should go after him.   The Cubs signed him for 3/$38 mm.   He produced 1.2 rWAR in those three years.

 

Haha I was definitely one of the people wanting the O's to sign Chatwood back then.

Although I was also in favor of signing Cobb, and he's been worth about the same for us so far...

Chatwood- 3 years, 38 million, 1.2 rWAR

Cobb- 3 years, 42 million, 1.8 rWAR

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