What I liked about Imai was the opportunity to sign a starter to a 5-6 year deal and have him develop and grow as pitcher and be a fan favorite in Baltimore for his entire prime I don’t think I’d be particularly interested in being the Imai proving ground and then watching him leave after 1 year

Wow 3 years 18 million AAV with opt outs for Imai That being the winning contract makes it seem like teams did not view him as a TOR arm I’m sure there were longer deals at lower AAVs or short deals at higher AAVs with no opt outs but clearly they couldn’t get what they were looking for

Screw it, 13 man rotation, no pen. 1. Bradish 2. Valdez 3. Peralta 4. Rogers 5. Imai 6. Gore 7. Baz 8. Cabrera 9. Kremer 10. Eflin 11. Wells 12. Povich 13. Young

Pitchers and catcher report in 6 weeks and there are a shocking amount of free agents left unsigned I know some of the big names are holding up the market but how has nobody just paid Harrison Bader what he’s asking for?

If I just refresh my feed one more time I know it will make the Orioles sign a starter

I’m pretty fascinated by the Imai market On one hand if he’s awesome then you get to lock up a player on a long term deal for his entire prime On the other hand if he’s just a 4/5 starter or ends up as a reliever then giving him ace money over 5+ years is kind of a disaster

More like Back Eflin amiright folks… folks?

Per The Athletic “The expectation is for Baltimore to remain in the market for starting pitching help.”

Seems like there are about a million permutations the rest of this O's off-season could take. But, with Mayo/Mounty still superfluous at 1B, and probably some redundancy in Kremer/Povich/Wells/Eflin, standing pat doesn't feel like one of those permutations.

This could come back to haunt me but there’s no way that Elias simultaneously feels so much pressure he signed a 30 year old 1B to a 9 figure deal and traded 4 prospects for a starting pitcher And also feels like the rotation is one Eflin away from contending in the AL East More moves to come

Because I like Eflin and I think the front office has shown a lot more urgency than I thought they would I’m optimistic that this is not the Orioles last big pitching acquisition and more taking advantage of the opportunity to bring back a vet they like who can also still perform at a discount

When you’re waiting for an ace signing and you get an Eflin signing it feels underwhelming and there’s the familiar feeling of “oh no is this our big pitching move” But I feel good about this move. A healthy Eflin is better than Kremer and Povich The rotation got better and it only cost 10 mil

Every team needs a DILF. Checked that box.

Sig Mejdal telling Elias they have to trade Grayson Rodriguez because the analytics team found a timeline where Baz and Cabrera stay healthy but it’s also the one where Rodriguez’s shoulder is BBQ chicken

Seems to indicate that the O’s valued Baz and Cabrera about the same and the Rays were either asking for less or just said yes first

The Mets are having an interesting offseason I think it’s fine that Stearns wanted to clear out an aging core that he didn’t put together but all they’ve done so far is replace good but cost ineffective players with worse cost effective players

Not everyday you can sign a 10 game winner out of the bullpen!

Not to be hyperbolic but the season literally starts next week and 90% of free agents are still unsigned

Brandon Lowe and Ryan O’Hearn back to back in the pirates lineup?! Righties beware!

Great Pod but Jeff Passan tells a story about meeting a source at an LA club and not being allowed in because he was wearing shorts and they both just continue about the conversation like that wasn’t the funniest thing ever

This is such a funny thing to go on TV and say Not to be rude but there’s not a single MLB team who Walker Buehler makes sense for let alone the team having by far the most aggressive offseason in the league

Episode 420: Emergency Frivolity We resort to a bit of Disasterpiece Theatre, in hopes of baiting the Orioles into action. It's our service to you, Birdland. We here at BEV wish all of Birdland the very happiest of holidays, with the exception of the Ghost of Kevin Greg.

Contreras is an obnoxiously good get for the Red Sox Maybe Chaim is cooking and he’ll own me for saying this but if I was a Cardinals fans I’d be pretty bummed out by the combined return for Gray and Contreras

If Murakami’s bat clicks immediately how quickly would the White Sox start getting trade offers? Like if he hits 4 home runs in the first week of the season would a team like the Red Sox throw a package at the White Sox on April 10th?

Glad he went to a team where I don’t have to root for him to fail Pretty surprised on the of larger markets for whom 20 million AAV wouldn’t be too cumbersome didn’t take this to 2/40 just take a swing on maybe getting prime Kyle Schwarber production on a discount

Schrödinger’s Baz

Where the hell is Ike Irish ever supposed to play for the Orioles? I’d trade him for some pitching tomorrow

Finally listened to this and I have to apologize for quote tweeting them and calling them Shanephobic The analysis was by my estimation pretty spot on and not Shanephobic

Baz blog! The O’s latest surprising addition is Shane Baz and the package they sent out for him had people asking questions and bringing up Grayson Rodriguez all day. Is this an overpay? Is Shane Baz good? Is this the Orioles last big trade? We’ll see thedishwasher.blog/2025/12/20/t...

When someone says something so Shanephobic out of nowhere you’ve got no choice but to hit them with the Baz stare

Part of what the Orioles were bidding against was the Rays having the opportunity to keep Baz for another year let him pitch in the Trop instead of a ST facility and possibly looking like one of the best young arms in baseball and then trading him with 2 years left of control for a massive haul

Baz cost a lot but this is exactly the kind of trade the Orioles should be making Most of your position player roster spots are spoke for by talented cheap players under contract for the next 3-6 years The O’s should be ok jettisoning groups of prospects for controllable pitching

Kyle Bradish teach him your slider pitcherlist.com/baz-the-grea...

Episode 419: Tyler, Taylor, Polar Bear, Spy www.birdseyeviewbaltimore.com/episode-419-... Nice and timely... we recorded a podcast last night, and then the Orioles did something the next day. It's a time tested Bird's Eye View tradition.

If you swap out the name Slater De Brun for Bryan Baker does it make it feel better? I know Slater was overslot so it’s not exactly what that trade was but give a or take a million it was

Baz’s numbers look bad but he out of every pitcher in the league he might have gotten the most screwed by his him ball park Nearly identical xFIPs on his home road splits and over a 2 run differential between home and away ERA

Wow that’s a lot to take in

Can’t believe someone beat the Orioles offer of Dylan Beavers

Im annoyed that the Padres were desperate enough to sign a pitcher I like to a stupid contract I wouldn’t have matched But I was dying of thirst for anyone to do anything interesting so I guess it’s fine

Really interesting to see the Padres do these really low salary in year 1 deals with expensive player options later in back to back offseasons Wonder if this means they’ll trade Pivetta?

Extend Kyle Bradish #bradboyz4lyfe

Im sat

Some ideas for who the Orioles could try to extend this offseason Career tip: if you’re a graphic designer go ahead and reach out to any MLB talent agency I promise their website needs help

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While waiting for the Orioles to make their next move this offseason I have been asking myself a couple of questions Who on the team would sign an extension? What would it cost to extend them? thedishwasher.blog/2025/12/17/w...

It would be very funny if the Diamondbacks went from “We are trading Ketel Marte to the Red Sox” to “We are not trading Ketel Marte and we are stealing the Red Sox third baseman that they traded their franchise player to make room for”

Was listening to a Jomboy podcast and they shouted out Jon Meoli of Baltimore Banner fame for suggesting that teams would be motivated to sign free agents faster if they got a 4th round draft pick for every signing before a certain date Can’t stop thinking about how well that would work

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That Mariners guys that lost his kind because the Orioles social media team made one post where they called Felix Bautista “King Felix” is gonna be so mad when he hears about the knickname I just came up with for Adley Rutschman