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Felix Bautista to have Tommy John Surgery, likely to miss all of 2024


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8 minutes ago, emmett16 said:

What’s the play/angle/reason for signing him now? 

They did the same thing when John Means went down last spring.  They signed him to a two year contract for 2022 and  2023.   It shows loyalty to a core player when he is injured.  

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8 minutes ago, emmett16 said:

What’s the play/angle/reason for signing him now? 

You have no new information other than rehab progression when you start the arb process in 2024/2025 offseason, so it doesn't make much difference getting it done now vs going year by year.  Next year is a prearb year so the number is more or less set. Bautista gets a little job security, we likely get a small discount in arb pricing since those go up every year.

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Why did they keep this charade going for as long as they did? It was clear that there was something bad with his arm from day 1. Just make the announcement and move on.

I think the Orioles will not go with an in-house solution for the closer in 2024. They already had to reinforce the bullpen, that's the most important piece. Everyone else pitches better sliding back one inning.

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Maybe its just one more winter and spring of keeping up the Orioles Player Development to get Wandisson Charles to that Felix Bautista performance neighborhood.

Knowing Elias' hesitance so far to assure any SP more than 1 year, I'd project it to triple dog dare apply to relievers.

Sigbot will find some pitch ingredients and then coach 'em up.

I'm not sure Josh Hader could give enough of a home state discount to get Elias interested.

We only give 2-year deals for cost certainty if the Arm is injured and out Year 1.

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