He was nice for the situation this season. I would not want him penciled into next year’s roster though.
A pitcher with his ability should be a guy with options.
The number 1 offensive addition needs to be a RH OF. Kjerstad, Mullins and Cowser all LH. It would be nice if Mayo could play an O’Hearn level OF just to spell guys now and then. Not sure how much they want to put on his plate coming off his offensive issues. Sounds like they are committed to him being a 1B.
If Mayo is on roster you can’t keep both Urias and Mateo unless you move someone.
Bench could be
Backup C?
RH OF ?
Mateo
Mayo/ Urias
Now if they trade someone like Mountcastle or don’t bring back O’Hearn that opens a spot like I said.
Not sure if this has been stated anywhere. But I was confused whether Suarez will be a free agent since he does not have six years of service time. Hyde is quoted in this article saying no idea if Suarez will be back or not. So I assume this means he is in fact a free agent.
I am guessing it would take a Kyle Gibson type of deal and the O's won't go to $10M for a 35 year old who had a great year but wore down on September
https://www.si.com/mlb/orioles/news/baltimore-orioles-skipper-has-no-idea-if-breakout-star-will-return
It’s false to say payroll will go up because of arb. Depending on who they keep that is under team control, the Os can keep up to 21 players (that make sense to keep) and only have about 82M committed to the payroll. The OD payroll this year was over 90M and almost certainly ended up over 100M.
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