“Orioles big game shopping & most believe it's exclusively rotation”

[Teddy OBP]

1 hour ago, emmett16 said:

Ronaldo.  Portuguese soccer player.  Just signed. 3 year @ 173£.  Total value of 770milluon USD.

 

Maybe a Saudi will by the Orioles.  

Mark Cuban would be kind of great.

[DrinkinWithFermi]

7 hours ago, Frobby said:

The front office had meetings with Hyde and the hitting coaches this week to review development goals and routines for 2023 for every hitter on the team.  Plate discipline a major goal for Mateo (duh).

Hopefully they can actually make some headway there, imagine how valuable he'd be if he could OPS even just like .705 for a whole season.

7 hours ago, Frobby said:

The team expects to spend some money on FA’s, but “we’re not the Yankees or the Dodgers” so don’t expect them to “go crazy.”

I think we can safely shelve the Correa talk now.

7 hours ago, Frobby said:

Team has specific targets based on how they’ll do in OPACY but also players the O’s think they can improve.  

This is good, get any advantage you can.

Thanks for posting.

[DrinkinWithFermi]

1 hour ago, SilverRocket said:

That's a lot of years for a 34-year-old.

Wow, surprised he got 5 years. Good luck, Rangers.

[MarCakes21]

9 minutes ago, DrinkinWithFermi said:

Wow, surprised he got 5 years. Good luck, Rangers.

It’s interesting. Maybe just spreading your risk hoping he’s healthy for 60% of the time.

[Roll Tide]

19 minutes ago, DrinkinWithFermi said:

Hopefully they can actually make some headway there, imagine how valuable he'd be if he could OPS even just like .705 for a whole season.

I think we can safely shelve the Correa talk now.

This is good, get any advantage you can.

Thanks for posting.

They could give any player a $30 million contract and it wouldn’t be going crazy. The payroll is so ridiculously low considering the available revenue that they could jump a mountain and still only be in a respectable range. Quite simply, they could add $100 million to the 40 ish already on the books and still only he in the middle and have a $100+ million in surplus. I know, that doesn’t mean they will. 

[Roll Tide]

19 minutes ago, DrinkinWithFermi said:

Wow, surprised he got 5 years. Good luck, Rangers.

100 innings for 37.5 million per year. Talk about dumb

[DrinkinWithFermi]

1 minute ago, Roll Tide said:

They could give any player a $30 million contract and it wouldn’t be going crazy. The payroll is so ridiculously low considering the available revenue that they could jump a mountain and still only be in a respectable range. Quite simply, they could add $100 million to the 40 ish already on the books and still only he in the middle and have a $100+ million in surplus. I know, that doesn’t mean they will. 

It would be a little crazy to spend $300 million dollars on a SS when we don't actually need a SS.

But we aren't going to, so it's ultimately a moot point. 

[Roll Tide]

8 hours ago, Frobby said:

Anyone who wants to listen to the Eve Rosenbaum interview, click on the Youtube embedded in the Twitter link below.  It starts after the 19 minute mark and runs for 20 minutes.  A few tidbits I gleaned:

- The front office had meetings with Hyde and the hitting coaches this week to review development goals and routines for 2023 for every hitter on the team.  Plate discipline a major goal for Mateo (duh).

- The team expects to spend some money on FA’s, but “we’re not the Yankees or the Dodgers” so don’t expect them to “go crazy.”

- The team was not shocked by the Zac Eflin contract and understands that’s the market they’re competing in.  

- Team has specific targets based on how they’ll do in OPACY but also players the O’s think they can improve.  

 

 

The Dodgers and Yankees will both likely eclipse $200 million. The Dodgers were at $183 million per a Dodgers site article in mid November. The Yankees are at $163 and the tax threshold is $233. So I expect both to get close to that without going over. 
 

Let’s use 213 to 233 million as a gauge. The Orioles could add 70-90 million in players salaries via free agency or trades and still wouldnt be in the same zip code as those teams. So saying they are them isn’t really giving you too much considering that much could get you three $30 million dollars per players. I’m not expecting that …just pointing it out.
 

Edited December 3, 2022 by Roll Tide

[Roll Tide]

10 minutes ago, DrinkinWithFermi said:

It would be a little crazy to spend $300 million dollars on a SS when we don't actually need a SS.

But we aren't going to, so it's ultimately a moot point. 

I didn’t say a SS….I said any player. We shall see Nelly

[DrinkinWithFermi]

6 minutes ago, Roll Tide said:

I didn’t say a SS….I said any player. We shall see Nelly

The post you replied to was specifically about Correa, but you can apply that to the other big dogs too- Verlander (unfortunately), Swanson (fortunately), Bassitt (unfortunately), Rodon (fortunately), and so on.

[DrinkinWithFermi]

MLBTR is reporting that the Brew Crew are planning to hold onto Burnes and Woodruff into next season, so we can cross them off the list of potential rotation additions too.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/12/brewers-reportedly-planning-to-hold-onto-adames-burnes-woodruff-into-2023-season.html

 

[interloper]

 

 

 

[DrinkinWithFermi]

6 minutes ago, interloper said:

 

 

 

I am more bullish on Syndergaard than some others here so I could get behind this move for the right price.

Plus "Thorioles" has a nice ring to it lol.

[Can_of_corn]

18 minutes ago, DrinkinWithFermi said:

I am more bullish on Syndergaard than some others here so I could get behind this move for the right price.

Plus "Thorioles" has a nice ring to it lol.

I think he looks like a pretty typical Orioles free agent pitcher.

 

[Sports Guy]