Orioles sign Adam Frazier

[interloper]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

All smarm aside I don't get this.

Why spend 8M on Frazier?

 

Option A) They're just running it back, but with the addition of Gunnar. Urias gets the playing time shaft. 

Option B) There's a trade in the works involving Urias or Mateo. 

[Finisher]

Coming off a .612 OPS.

Kyle Gibson and Adam Frazier for 18 mil, what an offseason.

[eddie83]

4 minutes ago, Yardball85 said:

Right.  Eight million a year you would have to assume he starts at second.  He was decent on the Pirates, could be a good bounce back candidate.  But you would think this means Urias gets traded, or Mateo gets traded and Gunnar goes to SS.  Just a strange move for a team that seems hesitant to add players at positions they actually needed. 

On surface doesn’t add up. Would also think if a trade is in works it happens soon. Can’t imagine you agree to a deal for down the road possibilities. 
 

If it does not push a trade they could use  him in a super utility type role but for $8M he would have to play 130+ games a year. 

[clapdiddy]

OK...I'm not getting this one.   Maybe he's a utility guy that plays against RHP?   Baffling...unless this is leading to some other moves.

[HakunaSakata]

2 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

All smarm aside I don't get this.

Why spend 8M on Frazier?

 

If it isn't a stepping stone to another move then it makes absolutely no sense. I'm a bit amazed he was able to get $8M after last season. He was TERRIBLE for Seattle. 

[oriolediehard]

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fraziad01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral

He hit over .300 in 2021 so who knows he may be good?

[Yardball85]

2 minutes ago, clapdiddy said:

OK...I'm not getting this one.   Maybe he's a utility guy that plays against RHP?   Baffling...unless this is leading to some other moves.

$8M utility guy?  I really hope not. 

[eddie83]

Just now, interloper said:

Option A) They're just running it back, but with the addition of Gunnar. Urias gets the playing time shaft. 

Option B) There's a trade in the works involving Urias or Mateo. 

Urias glove alone is valuable. No way should he be on bench. 

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, clapdiddy said:

OK...I'm not getting this one.   Maybe he's a utility guy that plays against RHP?   Baffling...unless this is leading to some other moves.

But if you are on a budget why are you spending 8M for that?

[interloper]

He did have a nice 2021. 

[Bemorewins]

3 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

He's like the Kyle Gibson of 2B/OF guys so it makes sense to me.

Could be some moves coming? Hays or Santander going somewhere? 

We wouldn’t sign Frazier to get rid of Santander would we? … Say it ain’t so…lol

[eddie83]

2 minutes ago, HakunaSakata said:

I think it makes Urias kind of redundant so hopefully this was done to let them trade him for some pitching help. Otherwise I honestly don't know hat Elias is doing. Frazier has had some solid OBP years in his past, so maybe that's why they were interested in him? 

Urias to Marlins for who?  Or package obviously.  

[interloper]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

But if you are on a budget why are you spending 8M for that?

I think they are on a "just don't spend $30 mil over a bunch of years" budget. There were always more moves coming, it's just that we came to understand it would be short terms moves instead of what we hoped. 

[btdart20]

Can Holt teach him a slider?

[eddie83]