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[BSLChrisStoner]

@GlennClarkRadio

"According to my sources, yes, they put an offer on the table. 10 years, top-heavy the first two years where they offer around $44M/season the first two, and around $29M the next eight. I'm not saying they're going to get him, but they have interest." @RamosRauli on O's/Correa

[You Play to Win the Game]

I’ll believe it when I see it, but if true that would completely change my outlook of the future. I’m still not convinced they’ll go back to previous spending levels. We’ll see.

[Mackus]

He would take away from an opportunity to see what Mateo can do with regular time.  Pass.

[russsnyder]

Wow.

That's a competitive offer.

I'm kind of impressed.

[BaltBird 24]

Why would they do that when they have Urias?

[Pedro Cerrano]

He would take away from an opportunity to see what Mateo can do with regular time. Pass.

I’m like 70% sure you’re being sarcastic here?

[BSLChrisStoner]

It's interesting if it happened.

I mean this is what they have the flexibility to do.

Seemed like they were a year away from being ready / willing to spend... so idk that I think they would spend this / offer this now... but they absolutely can.


Will say if this was offered... I'd question further not having made runs at guys like Rodriguez and Wood.

[TwentyThirtyFive]

I saw it reported elsewhere they have interest. Awesome. They wont get him but they are willing to spend

[Mackus]

Can they defer more than the total value of the contract?  Correa pays them $6M this year, they give him $50M in 2034.

[jamesdean]

The Orioles are a long way from attracting top tier free agents. They can offer him the moon but he isn't coming to Baltimore.

[You Play to Win the Game]

I saw it reported elsewhere they have interest. Awesome. They wont get him but they are willing to spend

You can’t just so easily believe this. They don’t have a track record. Especially under this regime and whoever the real owner is right now. Unless he actually signs, I won’t believe they had any real intention of spending the money. This is an extremely analytical front office, they know what it’d take to sign him, so either they do or they don’t. There’s no moral victories or celebrations of them being willing to spend until they actually do spend, period.

[You Play to Win the Game]

The Orioles are a long way from attracting top tier free agents. They can offer him the moon but he isn't coming to Baltimore.

This is also a myth IMO.

[jamesdean]

This is also a myth IMO.

Money talks and bs walks but the Orioles are about the toughest sell in baseball right now. I can't imagine him thinking of a single reason to come here. I don't think its a myth...just the harsh reality of being a rotten team.

[Ravens2006]

Season ticket sales "tag day" must be coming up soon...

[Mike B]

I saw it reported elsewhere they have interest. Awesome. They wont get him but they are willing to spend

I am skeptical that they actually made an offer, but this was an organization for years that was real good at making an offer good enough to get noticed but not good enough to get the player 

[Mike B]

The Orioles are a long way from attracting top tier free agents. They can offer him the moon but he isn't coming to Baltimore.

I think we would have to be the top bidder, but I do not think the idea that players would not come here is true.

[bmore_ken]

I’ll believe it when I see it, but if true that would completely change my outlook of the future. I’m still not convinced they’ll go back to previous spending levels. We’ll see.

That makes two of us. I'm going to want some proof, such as when he signs with another team it's confirmed the O's made an offer. If he signed here it would definitely bring me back to the yard. 

[bmore_ken]

Wow.

That's a competitive offer.

I'm kind of impressed.

If it's actually true. 

[dude]

1)  If true, great.

 

2) I don't really want Correa at any price.  He's a clown.  He's a low character guy and a blatant liar (see: Altuve's tattoo).  My guess is that he has a challenged market when this is over

 

3) But here's how we know this is BS...why not Trever Story?  We could get Story for something more like a Baez deal and give him an opt-out to get to the younger players we like in the system.  There's lots of ways to create competitive opportunity (why not earlier in the offseason for other players?)  at SS and 3B, a better SP and a closer....but we get one floated rumor for Correa?

 

4) Carlos Correa recently changed agents to Scott Boras.  This is Boras tactic.  Complain about owners publicly impacting a market, but take an international source to float a rumor that will get National attention.  The Orioles have shown zero inclination to spend money.  They have run away from the market at every chance but suddenly they are putting 10/320 out there?  Obviously if the Orioles are at 10/320, the next team needs to bid 11/350.  Obviously, because the Orioles are right there in the market.

 

5) If true, great.  Still not my guy, but great.  Nothing to do with rebuilding, but great.

 

Bonus) So the Orioles wanted to compete at the top of the market and spend 300+M on a RHed bat (ok, great), so their first instinct was to rush to move the LF fences back to reduce the power value of that investment.  <<laughs....sigh>>

[Slidemaster]

Not a chance this offer was made, and not a chance it's accepted even if it was.

And if they are going to spend this much, why do it on an oft-injured player at a position where they have lots of promising young players? Why not some freaking pitching?

My guess is the Elias-Astros connection was low hanging fruit for speculation on a slow news day.