Are we ever going to spend some money?

[Natty]

Our team payroll is 100 Million below the league average. And 200 Million below the top spending teams. 

Meanwhile the co-ownership brothers are suing each other and arguing over who should pay for lunch. 

I don't see us spending the big bucks anytime soon. What say you all?

 

[crowmst3k!]

Who specifically should the Orioles acquire during this offseason? What price should they pay?  

Instead of the low-effort 'O's need to spend' post, it would be more constructive to talk about how they should allocate their resources.

[Natty]

4 minutes ago, crowmst3k! said:

Who specifically should the Orioles acquire during this offseason? What price should they pay?  

Instead of the low-effort 'O's need to spend' post, it would be more constructive to talk about how they should allocate their resources.

Didn't the team ownership say something like their main goal was to save money? 

Are they going to listen to us fans? 

I say lets get a hitter who has a BA above .270, we don't have one. 

Lets get a Cy Young type pitcher. 

Last off season, we did sign the starting pitcher who had the most HR and ER given up. I'll bet his phone was ringing off the hook, right? 

[maybenxtyr]

1 minute ago, Natty said:

Didn't the team ownership say something like their main goal was to save money? 

Are they going to listen to us fans? 

I say lets get a hitter who has a BA above .270, we don't have one. 

Lets get a Cy Young type pitcher. 

Last off season, we did sign the starting pitcher who had the most HR and ER given up. I'll bet his phone was ringing off the hook, right? 

I'm not trying to be snarky here, but have you not been following this season? 

 

A few weeks ago Elias said that they planned on spending this off season. How much and on whom remains to be seen.

 

[Frobby]

Elias has flat out said he expects to spend money this winter.  So yes, I expect that to happen.   We won’t go to a $100 mm payroll in one offseason, but it will be significantly higher than this year.

[Natty]

2 minutes ago, maybenxtyr said:

I'm not trying to be snarky here, but have you not been following this season? 

 

A few weeks ago Elias said that they planned on spending this off season. How much and on whom remains to be seen.

 

When you are dead last in payroll that's nice of Elias to say that. 

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, maybenxtyr said:

I'm not trying to be snarky here, but have you not been following this season? 

 

A few weeks ago Elias said that they planned on spending this off season. How much and on whom remains to be seen.

 

Didn't he also say a significant part of that would be to arbitration players when they don't have much in the way of them?

Makes a person wonder how much spending is going to increase.

[Hank Scorpio]

Plus, PS… have you noticed that this year’s $30MM payroll team is in wildcard contention?

If you win, who cares?

(Yes I understand that winning with this payroll is difficult.)

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, Hank Scorpio said:

Plus, PS… have you noticed that this year’s $30MM payroll team is in wildcard contention?

If you win, who cares?

(Yes I understand that winning with this payroll is difficult.)

Hey maybe if they had spent some this year they would be doing even better.

[Rbiggs2525]

They will spend but I believe our payroll will increase by around 20 million with arbitration alone. My idea would be trade Hays and Santander for pitching. Sign a Big time pitcher. Our 40 man roster is going to need us to trade. I was researching the astros trades for Verlander and Coke. Elias and company is so good none of what they traded amounted to anything! 

[Natty]

8 minutes ago, Rbiggs2525 said:

 Sign a Big time pitcher. 

This^  

The last big money we spent on a pitcher was Alex Cobb. 4 years for $57M. 

Didn't quite pan out. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

Elias was never intending to compete this year. Better question is will the Orioles add payroll this offseason outside of players getting salary increases through arbitration.

Peter Angelos did spend money in the past to make the Orioles competitive, but now it's the Angelos sons in control and the family is engaged in a legal struggle over control of the franchise. We don't know how the Angelos sons feel about adding payroll and the family infighting might limit what Elias can do.

Sure Elias will be able to trade and sign players, but with all the dysfunction will it stop Elias from adding a big name player like a Verlander or similar. It will be something to keep an eye on this fall and winter. 

[Pushmonkey]

1 hour ago, Natty said:

Our team payroll is 100 Million below the league average. And 200 Million below the top spending teams. 

Meanwhile the co-ownership brothers are suing each other and arguing over who should pay for lunch. 

I don't see us spending the big bucks anytime soon. What say you all?

 

It’s the end of a season who and where would you spend money on right now. This is a moot point right now. 

[maybenxtyr]

2 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

Didn't he also say a significant part of that would be to arbitration players when they don't have much in the way of them?

Makes a person wonder how much spending is going to increase.

I'm as skeptical as anyone that they will spend.

 

The biggest issue I see for this off season is that they have a few guys that are better than a DFA, but not really worth an increase in arb money.

 

They need a legitimate SP that can provide a little more value and quality over what they currently have. I think it's foolish to expect all of the reclamation projects to duplicate what they have done this season. I have no idea who that pitcher will or should be.

 

They also need an impact power bat...imo. I like Hays and Mountcastle but they've been a bit disappointing in an otherwise exciting year. Even when I look at the stats I still don't understand how they are in contention for a WC spot. Anyhow, I'm going to enjoy the rest of this season for whatever it ends up being before I get worked up about the winter.

 

 

[Sports Guy]

It’s never been about how much we spend(well outside of recent years, particularly 2022)..it’s about how we spend it.

Edited August 27, 2022 by Sports Guy