My comment was noted that in previous years the O's waited til most of the cheaper good FA's were off the board. Check my comment after the winter meetings are over to notice if we did anything significant or not????
Suarez officially did not become an Article XX(b) free agent,
Thats an unrestricted Free Agent. Albert is restricted FA, He's not Pre Arb like Gunnar or Adley ( who when they signed their signing bonus gave the O's not only 6 years of control but a 6 year contract unless broken by the controlling MLB team, which happened to AL years ago. He's still under team control but not team contract. Unlike Gunnar. Adley etc, who cannot shop their serveices to other leagues or teams Albert can. Not sure what he can do at MLB level other than minor league contract. But he can definately go back to Japan Or Korea unencumbered. Adley or Gunnar could not, their still under 6 year contract
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