O's sign Jeremy Accardo? (Rogers SportsNet)

[TGO]

Former #jays reliever Jeremy Accardo is now a Baltimore Oriole. Agreed to 1 year deal worth 1.08 million- pending a physical

Reporter Barry Davis on Twitter

[waroriole]

Why not just bring back Albers?

[The B&G]

Pretty random signing. The guy hasn't thrown more than 24 innings in the last 3 seasons.

[Crazysilver03]

Pretty random signing. The guy hasn't thrown more than 24 innings in the last 3 seasons.

At the major league level.

He was the closer at Las Vegas for the last two IIRC.

[JTrea81]

Why not just bring back Albers?

Accardo is probably cheaper.

[bird watcher]

Reporter Barry Davis on Twitter

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/accarje01.shtml

He looks like he was pretty good when he was healthy.

[J.D.]

Now, see? That right there is exactly what SG was talking about in the Kevin Gregg thread. Solid reclamation project, and won't cost the O's much if he doesn't work out.

[Crazysilver03]

Why not just bring back Albers?

Change of scenery?

I was surprised that the Jays didn't give him a break.

[olehippi]

Looks 4A all the way.

[Slappy]

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/accarje01.shtml

Good 2007 - 30 saves, 2.14 ERA in 64 games.

Hasn't pitched much since then. His K/BB numbers are not very impressive. 30 year old right-hander.

[Crazysilver03]

Accardo is probably cheaper.

I doubt Albers would have earned more than $1.08M in arbitration.

[Moose Milligan]

This dude was supposed to be a hyped prospect back in the day, wasn't he?

Haha, remember when Bruce Chen was a hyped prospect?

[sangar]

Pretty random signing. The guy hasn't thrown more than 24 innings in the last 3 seasons.

And he's thrown those horribly. Why would we want this guy, let alone pay him that much.

[Sports Guy]

Some good potential upside to this signing. A guy like Peralta or Delcarmen would have been a better signing IMO but this has potential of being solid for us.

[clapdiddy]

Meh.

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