Orioles interested in Taillon per Melewski

[Roll Tide]

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Taillon talk: The Orioles’ interest in right-hander Jameson Taillon seems quite legit at this point as we await further updates to see if the club makes the free agent a contract offer. He was ranked by MLBTradeRumors.com as the sixth-best free agent pitcher available behind Carlos Rodon, Jacob deGrom, Justin Verlander Kodai Senga and Chris Bassitt.

https://www.masnsports.com/blog/notes-on-expensive-pitching-hyde-honored-and-taillon-talk

Edited December 6, 2022 by Roll Tide

[Pickles]

Feather up boys!

[Yardball85]

I wonder if they are also in on Bassitt, and if not, why

[DrinkinWithFermi]

106 ERA+ in 2019

100 ERA+ in 2021

100 ERA+ in 2022

Likely going to get something in the neighborhood of 4/$70 million.

Meh.

 

 

 

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, Pickles said:

Feather up boys!

Pinions of power!

[Roll Tide]

4 minutes ago, DrinkinWithFermi said:

106 ERA+ in 2019

100 ERA+ in 2021

100 ERA+ in 2022

Likely going to get something in the neighborhood of 4/$70 million.

Meh.

 

 

 

He’s better than anyone we have. You don’t want Rodon, is there anyone you do want that’s sure to be at an inflated price.

[bpilktree]

Throws strikes doesn’t walk people and didn’t give up lot of homers in New York seems to be fit with what we used to see big improvement in our staff this year. 

[DrinkinWithFermi]

5 minutes ago, Roll Tide said:

He’s better than anyone we have. You don’t want Rodon, is there anyone you do want that’s sure to be at an inflated price.

He's average, so I guess that's a step up from Gibson at least. Based on the other teams that have been reported to be involved in Taillon's market though, I doubt we are going to win the bidding war. 

[HakunaSakata]

37 minutes ago, DrinkinWithFermi said:

106 ERA+ in 2019

100 ERA+ in 2021

100 ERA+ in 2022

Likely going to get something in the neighborhood of 4/$70 million.

Meh.

 

 

 

I'm fairly confident Taillon can be had for three years. If he pushes for a fourth year I'd pass, but he's a perfectly serviceable above average MLB SP, which is better than who/what we have now. 

[jabba72]

51 minutes ago, Pickles said:

Feather up boys!

Feathery fists of fury. A poster on sunspot used to say that alot for some reason. 

[Pickles]

2 minutes ago, jabba72 said:

Feathery fists of fury. A poster on sunspot used to say that alot for some reason. 

LOL!  That's right!  Travis Moon!  That's a blast from the past.

[DrinkinWithFermi]

2 minutes ago, HakunaSakata said:

I'm fairly confident Taillon can be had for three years. If he pushes for a fourth year I'd pass, but he's a perfectly serviceable above average MLB SP, which is better than who/what we have now. 

I would be pretty surprised if he doesn't get 4 years based on how strong his market has been reported to be. deGrom getting a fifth guaranteed year really gave other sought after pitchers the ability to push hard for longer deals. 

He is not above average though, he has been exactly average for the past 2 years since his surgery with a 100 ERA+ in both years. Maybe he can be more than that but it remains to be seen.

[tabletop]

He’s an upgrade over what is on the staff right now and has a proven track record of being a reliable major league starter. I hope they do sign him. I’d be excited to see what Holt and pitching coaches can do with him.

[Sports Guy]

Let’s look into him:

K rate: 7.66 (went down about a full K in a down run environment)

FIP:  3.94 (ERA was 3.91)

xERA: 4.20

Swingstr%- 17.3% (was over 20% in 2021)

Str%- 65.5%
 
Statcast numbers are decent overall.

So, in 2022 the biggest thing that jumps out is the drop in K rate and the drop in missed bats.  That said, 2021 represented his high in Ks and swingstr%. That would be more of an outlier than a predictor at this point.

He has had TJ surgery twice but outside of 2019-2020, he has shown to be pretty durable.

He won’t walk batters. Career ERA is under 4.

He’s fine but he can’t be your best add this offseason imo. If you went Taillon and Lopez or went big with Rodon or something like that, so be it but hard to believe that’s happening and unless you are going with a 6 man rotation or Bradish or Kremer are being dealt, you aren’t adding 3 FA starters.

 

Edited December 7, 2022 by Sports Guy

[Orioles0615]

1 hour ago, DrinkinWithFermi said:

106 ERA+ in 2019

100 ERA+ in 2021

100 ERA+ in 2022

Likely going to get something in the neighborhood of 4/$70 million.

Meh.

 

 

 

Gibson just got 10 million for putting up a whopping 81 ERA +.