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[TwentyThirtyFive]

Jomboy is such a tool. Classic Yankee fan. Some of these breakdowns are pretty good but he's  an ass. 

[Old Man]

Sometimes you cant help yourself.

 

a few years ago, I had food poisonings and projectile vomiting's and was barely able to get to the bathroom.

 

Wife was like, you could have yeast hit the inside of the toilet next time. I was like, next time, dont even want a next time.

 

She found me a bucket and that was pretty helpful.

[CantonJester]

Imagine having a racist broadcaster so ingrained in your team's history that you'd never fire him...

[BSLChrisStoner]

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[Nigel Tufnel]

Looks like 5/80-ish for ERod.

 

Jeff Passan@JeffPassan·

 

Left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez and the Detroit Tigers are in agreement on a five-year deal with between $77 million and $80 million, sources tell ESPN.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Looks like 5/80-ish for ERod.

 

Jeff Passan@JeffPassan·

 

Left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez and the Detroit Tigers are in agreement on a five-year deal with between $77 million and $80 million, sources tell ESPN.

I would have happily done that. 

[TwentyThirtyFive]

Since he signed somewhere else for that amount you can add more money to the deal if you wanted a chance to lure him to BMore.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Since he signed somewhere else for that amount you can add more money to the deal if you wanted a chance to lure him to BMore.

If you want to say the O's are playing with Confederate money, and there would be an Oriole tax... okay... but he signed with Detroit. Can't be that much.

4 years for him would be ideal.  But the AAV for this deal is very good.  His peripherals were very solid. 

Could have targeted him and Alex Wood... signed them both, and it would have been a great Winter for the O's.

Not enough to contend in '22 when you are in a division with 4 teams capable of 90+ wins... but Rodriguez and Wood, and the representative lineup the O's can have... 75-80 wins was obtainable. 

Go get Wood, and find another decent option. They exist. 

[dude]

Interesting deal for the Tigers.  I'm not big on it, but if they're comfortable with it, ok.

 

This sort of feels like Boston/someone was on 4/60 and it was 1+1 to get him away (plus a year, plus 1M/per)...otherwise, take the 18.4M and get a bigger deal next year.

 

Erod is compensated so there's really no reason for the Tigers to stop now....

[BobPhelan]

Opt out after year two, 2/28 for those seasons.

Good deal for both parties.

[Mike B]

Opt out after year two, 2/28 for those seasons.

Good deal for both parties.

Solid deal for both sides.

 

I expect ERod to have a better year than 2021, and he gets to pitch in the bigger ball park.

[Mike B]

If you want to say the O's are playing with Confederate money, and there would be an Oriole tax... okay... but he signed with Detroit. Can't be that much.

4 years for him would be ideal.  But the AAV for this deal is very good.  His peripherals were very solid. 

Could have targeted him and Alex Wood... signed them both, and it would have been a great Winter for the O's.

Not enough to contend in '22 when you are in a division with 4 teams capable of 90+ wins... but Rodriguez and Wood, and the representative lineup the O's can have... 75-80 wins was obtainable. 

Go get Wood, and find another decent option. They exist. 

I like your way of thinking, but I do not believe the Orioles have any thoughts on spending.

[Old Man]

I like your way of thinking, but I do not believe the Orioles have any thoughts on spending.

I havent not seen the first hint that they will, either.

[Mackus]

Are you guys kidding!?  Every Rule 5 draft pick costs $100,000!

[dude]

Opt out after year two, 2/28 for those seasons.

Good deal for both parties.

 

I guess it's good that he got an opt out, but if his goal was to maximize his earnings, he didn't do it.

 

He had 1/18.4 in the bag and could re-enter the FA market in 1 year at 30 (not 2 at 31) without baggage, playing for a competitive Boston team.  It's much less likely he sees 17M AAV 2 years from now (much more risk).  A really good year and next year he could have something like 6/100....go 2 years and you probably stay on this deal. 

[makoman]

He had a pretty significant health scare a year ago. Getting that 80M guaranteed today may have had a lot of value to him. 

[You Play to Win the Game]

I could definitely see getting out of Boston being good for the ticker.

[dude]

He had a pretty significant health scare a year ago. Getting that 80M guaranteed today may have had a lot of value to him. 

 

I'm OK with everyone making the choices that best suit them....but I think communities like this are inconsistent when it comes to the narrative on why and what guys sign for.

 

There was an easy way for him to reasonably make well more money in his career.  He's already made close to 25M so he can retire tomorrow, go to an island and drink margaritas for the rest of his life and it's all good.  Locking up 80M is cool and he can go to maybe his own island....but taking the QO and hitting the FA market next year would more reasonably put him closer 120M.

 

Now if 80M now is better than 120M total ok, but let's apply that (at least in consideration) everywhere (like, for example, the John Means discussion)

[Mike B]

I havent not seen the first hint that they will, either.

Maybe they can defer some of that huge expense.

[BaltBird 24]

Way too rich for the Orioles blood by about $75 million