Orioles....part 2?

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Yoon, huh?  We shall see.

Supposedly, it's a 3-year, $5.725 million deal laden with incentives.  If that's true, then it's a great deal no matter what happens.

Also, pending a physical, and he had a shoulder issue last season.

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As long as he doesn't turn out to be this year's Wada.

I still can't believe the Phillies gave Burnett $16M for one year.

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Supposedly, it's a 3-year, $5.725 million deal laden with incentives.  If that's true, then it's a great deal no matter what happens.

This is a great deal, if the starts are managed properly.

According to an industry source, Yoon will receive a $675,000 signing bonus and $750,000 in base salary in 2014. He will make $1.75 million in 2015 and $2.4 million in 2016. The deal also includes performance bonuses based on games started that could push the total value of the deal to $13 million.

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I still can't believe the Phillies gave Burnett $16M for one year.

Flush with TV cash and panicked at the news of Cole Hamels, they rushed this for sure.

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Jimenez - 4 years $48M is the rumor.  Could get done tonight.

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Nice raise from last year's $5.75M.

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Jimenez - 4 years $48M is the rumor.  Could get done tonight.

Good news.  Hope he passes the physical.

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The O's had to had to do something, and since they've now sacrificed their #1 pick, don't stop there - add Nelson Cruz.  I have to think the O's didn't believe that Jimenez alone was worth giving up the #17 pick, but now they're free to add more protected guys, and their value is way down.

Jimenez is going to frustrate you as a fan much the way CJ Wilson frustrates me.  He throws a lot of pitches per inning, trying to be precise with every pitch.  He's also going to tax your bullpen as he rarely gets out of the 6th inning, if he gets there, but the O's are used to that.  You got him cheap on the average cost per year, but added a fourth year to the deal - probably makes him easier to trade if things don't work out. 

I just hope your pitching coach is already on his way to the Dominican to meet with him - he needs a lot of hand holding.

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He's already in camp.  And pitching coach Dave Wallace is supposedly fluent in Spanish, which should help.

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I think Morales is a better possibility than Cruz.

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I think Morales is a better possibility than Cruz.

He'll never pass your physical.

Look, I cried the day he broke his leg, but he's never been the same since.  He could barely play defense and run then, but he's really one dimensional now.  He'll be an expensive fulltime DH.

I'm not saying Cruz is a prefect fit either, because neither Cruz nor Markakis have spent any time in left field, but if I take a chance (and truthfully, I don't think the O's sign either given their fear of any question marks on a players record), I take a chance on Cruz.

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The O's had to had to do something, and since they've now sacrificed their #1 pick, don't stop there - add Nelson Cruz. 

Duquette listened to you, apparently.

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The O's had to had to do something, and since they've now sacrificed their #1 pick, don't stop there - add Nelson Cruz. 

Duquette listened to you, apparently.

Cheap bastard called me collect too.

1 year,  $8m. Wow,  how his value plummeted.  Worth a flyer for the O's...good opportunity for Cruz on a one year deal to shine in a hitter friendly Park.

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I really shouldn't post first thing in the morning...

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I am not crazy about Cruz but 1 year contract makes it a no risk move.  I don't think he has a high bar to be better than our DH's from last year.  Or 2 years ago.