Orioles Agree to Deal With Severino

[VaBird1]

 

[wildcard]

Just now, VaBird1 said:

 

MLBTR was projecting 1.4 but the Orioles spent more than that. Guess the O's feel he is the bridge to  AR.

[owknows]

Hard to argue with this move.

 

[owknows]

1 minute ago, wildcard said:

MLBTR was projecting 1.4 but the Orioles spent more than that. Guess the O's feel he is the bridge to  AR.

Hopefully 1 year to regular AR

Pedro is solid behind the plate in the meantime

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, owknows said:

Hard to argue with this move.

 

You are new around these parts. 

[owknows]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

You are new around these parts. 

That got a belly laugh

[Number5]

2 minutes ago, wildcard said:

MLBTR was projecting 1.4 but the Orioles spent more than that. Guess the O's feel he is the bridge to  AR.

If I read that MLBTR chart correctly, it looks like they actually used 3 different methodologies to project the number, with 2 showing $1.4, and 1 showing $2.3.  So it seems to me that the $1.825 number is in line with the range they were looking at.  I actually thought that Severino might be a non-tender, but I wasn't sure. 

[HowAboutThat]

9 minutes ago, owknows said:

Hard to argue with this move.

 

I can argue with it. His defense is bad, his offense is spotty, And what we need at the moment is a catcher who can help the pitchers rather than hindering them. 

The money isn’t a huge amount so I don’t complain about that, but I’m curious as to why he got more than expected, and also surprised they didn’t think they could do better on the open market?

[Legend_Of_Joey]

9 minutes ago, owknows said:

Hopefully 1 year to regular AR

Pedro is solid behind the plate in the meantime

Ummm...

[Sports Guy]

Nunez for the same money and Austin Wynns would have been a better allocation of resources.

But no issue with Severino at this price tag.

[owknows]

16 minutes ago, Philip said:

I can argue with it. His defense is bad, his offense is spotty, And what we need at the moment is a catcher who can help the pitchers rather than hindering them. 

 

Not sure what you're basing that on.

Pedro catches more stealing (.425 to .380)... Fields his position as well... (both Wynns and Severino are career .992)

You think Wynns calls a better game?  CERA is pretty subjective...

 

[owknows]

20 minutes ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

Ummm...

See above

[SteveA]

2 minutes ago, owknows said:

Not sure what you're basing that on.

Pedro catches more stealing (.425 to .380)... Fields his position as well... (both Wynns and Severino are career .992)

You think Wynns calls a better game?  CERA is pretty subjective...

 

Pedro is really bad at blocking pitches

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, owknows said:

Not sure what you're basing that on.

Pedro catches more stealing (.425 to .380)... Fields his position as well... (both Wynns and Severino are career .992)

You think Wynns calls a better game?  CERA is pretty subjective...

 

I wouldn't use fielding percentage as evidence for or against a catcher's defensive ability.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, SteveA said:

Pedro is really bad at blocking pitches

Led the league in passed balls.