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The rights on Fuji. I have heard conflicting stories. Is he under our control next year or is he a pending free agent?

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I would love to have control over Fuji because he seems he might be a solid pick up.  However some result say he is a free agent after the year.  Anyone have the truth?  

I heard he wants to be a starter pretty bad.  Maybe we offer him a chance to start?

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6 hours ago, baltfan said:

Everything I have read is he is going to be a free agent.  I haven’t heard the starting thing.  I like him out of the pen and have said I would look to extend him. 

Yes …due to the fact that he has a certain amount of years of service in the NPB he’s considered a veteran and a free agent. If he likes it here they can offer a deal before he hits free agency. He’s only making 3.25 million so you’d likely get him on a 3 year deal for 12 total. I don’t think anyone is going to make him a starter as he was dreadful.

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2 hours ago, Roll Tide said:

Yes …due to the fact that he has a certain amount of years of service in the NPB he’s considered a veteran and a free agent. If he likes it here they can offer a deal before he hits free agency. He’s only making 3.25 million so you’d likely get him on a 3 year deal for 12 total. I don’t think anyone is going to make him a starter as he was dreadful.

I don't see the O's committing $12M and a roster spot to a work in progress with 8+ ERA and BB rate worse than Tanner Scott. Hopefully it doesn't take that much. I would look at the Givens deal as a comp. We haven't given multi-year deals to anyone under Elias, do we think Fuji will be the first?

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7 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Throws 9 pitches. Commands 0 of them. 

We can rebuild him.  Run him through technological analysis to review him and coach him up.  We have the technology.

But even if he ends up being a rental, he's the acceptable kind of rental... the rental that you didn't give up dozens of future WAR to obtain. 

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4 hours ago, Aristotelian said:

I don't see the O's committing $12M and a roster spot to a work in progress with 8+ ERA and BB rate worse than Tanner Scott. Hopefully it doesn't take that much. I would look at the Givens deal as a comp. We haven't given multi-year deals to anyone under Elias, do we think Fuji will be the first?

Who knows..they weren’t spending during the rebuild. His ERA is irrelevant as his pen ERA is somewhere around 3. I think it would depend how he pitches the rest of the way. Maybe he takes 8 ….who knows. 

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5 hours ago, Aristotelian said:

I don't see the O's committing $12M and a roster spot to a work in progress with 8+ ERA and BB rate worse than Tanner Scott. Hopefully it doesn't take that much. I would look at the Givens deal as a comp. We haven't given multi-year deals to anyone under Elias, do we think Fuji will be the first?

No decision will be made on Fujinami until the end of the year.  We should have a better idea if:

1. He’s inconsistent and still a work in progress

2. A dominant looking setup man
 

If he becomes #2 he’s going to be a tougher sign

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