Last year’s big pitching contracts - how’d they do?

[Frobby]

deGrom (5/$185 mm w/mutual option) 2.67 ERA in 30.1 IP 

Rodon (6/$162 mm) 6.85 ERA in 64.1 IP

Verlander (2/$87 mm w/vesting option) 3.22 ERA in 162.1 IP

Senga (5/$75 mm) 2.98 ERA in 166.1 IP

Bassitt (3/$63 mm) 3.60 ERA in 200.0 IP

Taillon (4/$68 mm) 4.84 ERA in 154.1 IP

Walker (4/$72 mm) 4.34 ERA in 172.2 IP

Manaea (2/$25 mm) 4.44 ERA in 117.2 IP

Heaney (1/$12 mm w/$13 mm player option) 4.15 ERA in 147.1 IP

Syndergaard (1/$13 mm) 6.50 ERA in 88.1 IP

Eovaldi (2/$34 mm w/vesting option) 3.63 ERA in 144.0 IP

Elfin (3/$40 mm) 3.50 ERA in 177.2 IP

5 of these 12 pitchers threw enough innings to qualify.  7 of the 12 had an ERA+ over 100.   4 of the 12 did both.  

[Can_of_corn]

Yah I would have picked right for once.

[Moose Milligan]

Yup, wanted Bassitt. Oh well, watch the next two years be terrible. 

[Jagwar]

1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:

Yah I would have picked right for once.

Yeah you know what they say about blind squirrels and their nuts. 

[baltfan]

My only hope is that Japanese pitchers remain undervalued and the Orioles surprise and get Yamamoto.   Please let me dream. 

[jerios55]

For comparison,  where does Gibson fall from an ERA+ perspective?

[Sports Guy]

1 hour ago, jerios55 said:

For comparison,  where does Gibson fall from an ERA+ perspective?

It was an 87.

His FIP was was far better.

[tntoriole]

The way things go, we would have signed Rodon 

[StottyByNature]

Verlander was the one I wanted.  I also thought Eovaldi made sense.  

I thought Rodon was the best of the bunch but would never have given him 6 years.

[RZNJ]

32 minutes ago, tntoriole said:

The way things go, we would have signed Rodon 

Yeah.  I suggested we could afford the risk for the upside.  That contract looks like a land mine.  

[Sports Guy]

50 minutes ago, tntoriole said:

The way things go, we would have signed Rodon 

Was always a disaster waiting to happen although I would guess he gives the Yankees a few good seasons.

[Frobby]

I think most of the 2-4 year deals weren’t a disaster, though some were pretty meh.  

[emmett16]

Outside of a few guys on that list, teams paid a fortune for pretty mediocre pitching.  Eovaldi is the only guy on that list that made sense for us AND was a realistic target.  I was hoping we signed him and was actually a little surprised he didn’t get a slightly bigger contract than he did.  

[dzorange]

13 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I think most of the 2-4 year deals weren’t a disaster, though some were pretty meh.  

2-3 years seems to be the sweet spot. I'm hoping the O's shop in that category this offseason. I don't expect Angelos to open up the checkbook that much, but I would have to hope that those 2-3 year deals are a possibility.

[Osornot]

1 hour ago, StottyByNature said:

Verlander was the one I wanted.  I also thought Eovaldi made sense.  

I thought Rodon was the best of the bunch but would never have given him 6 years.

same here... even if you overspend on a 1-2 year contract (I would prefer 1 year at higher) and it's a Verlander I think the risk is worth it. But $87M for two years is ridiculous.