Lopez DFA, Zimmerman recalled

[Aristotelian]

48 minutes ago, tom_o'malley said:

Makes perfect sense. No one else will claim him and they can bring him to spring training on a min deal and see what they can do with him. JL’s best interest is also to stay in Baltimore based on his past success.  And now the orioles need a closer.  Perfect situation for both. 

Why does picking him up this year (only to DFA) help them bring him to spring training next year? They could have done that regardless.

[tom_o'malley]

6 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

Why does picking him up this year (only to DFA) help them bring him to spring training next year? They could have done that regardless.

It doesn’t.  But DFAing him now makes perfect sense. Keeping him thru tomorrow would only result in a non tender. So making this move now makes perfect sense. If they hadn’t picked him up last month, I suspect (esp due to Felix) he’d be a non roster invitee   

Edited September 30, 2023 by tom_o'malley

[Aristotelian]

12 minutes ago, tom_o'malley said:

It doesn’t.  But DFAing him now makes perfect sense. Keeping him thru tomorrow would only result in a non tender. So making this move now makes perfect sense. If they hadn’t picked him up last month, I suspect (esp due to Felix) he’d be a non roster invitee   

Is anyone questioning DFAing him now? 

[DirtyBird]

We gave this guy a chance and let him blow games for us, and now he's not even willing to take the Norfolk assignment.

[Aristotelian]

6 minutes ago, DirtyBird said:

We gave this guy a chance and let him blow games for us, and now he's not even willing to take the Norfolk assignment.

Saves us the trouble of non-tendering, which wouldn't help his market value. 

[DirtyBird]

2 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

Saves us the trouble of non-tendering, which wouldn't help his market value. 

Oh wow. Just looked at his page on Spotrac. I didn't realize how much he made this season. Thought we might be able to keep him around for $1.5 mil

[Bahama O's Fan]

20 minutes ago, DirtyBird said:

We gave this guy a chance and let him blow games for us, and now he's not even willing to take the Norfolk assignment.

I missed this. He refused a minor league assignment?

[RichmondOsFan]

Jorge Lopez elects free agency

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

27 minutes ago, DirtyBird said:

We gave this guy a chance and let him blow games for us, and now he's not even willing to take the Norfolk assignment.

I think there was a chance the Orioles would have tendered Lopez a 2024 contract. Well bye.  

 

 

[Aristotelian]

20 minutes ago, DirtyBird said:

Oh wow. Just looked at his page on Spotrac. I didn't realize how much he made this season. Thought we might be able to keep him around for $1.5 mil

Which is why it made so little sense for us to sign him. If it was just to eat innings, anyone could have done that. Really strange but if that's Elias's worst mistake I can't really complain. 

[dystopia]

Claiming him makes even less sense now. 

[DirtyBird]

1 minute ago, Aristotelian said:

Which is why it made so little sense for us to sign him. If it was just to eat innings, anyone could have done that. Really strange but if that's Elias's worst mistake I can't really complain. 

I guess they thought we might have the secret sauce and he would be effective for us.

[maybenxtyr]

2 minutes ago, DirtyBird said:

I guess they thought we might have the secret sauce and he would be effective for us.

I still believe he ends up in the organization in 2024. Probably something similar to O'Hearn this season.

[MurphDogg]

They weren't going to tender him a contract, given his salary.

He could get a big league deal for under $3M, but a minor league deal wouldn't be a surprise either. 

[MCO'sFan]

I think this is a nothing burger. I don't think they would have tendered a contract, that would have been complete lunacy. You never know about these things because it only takes one crazy team but, I have to think he has less than a 5% chance of getting a major league deal. Maybe a split deal or a minor league deal with an opt out?