The seal is broken-- another qualifying offer accepted

[jglicksm]

"Matt Wieters accepts Orioles’ $15.8M qualifying offer"

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/report-wieters-accepts-orioles-qualifying-offer/

 

Interesting that there have been no accepted QO's until this year, and this year there are 2 so far, with time left for others to accept as well.

 

Do you think this will affect teams' QO decisions in the future?

[Captain Adama]

"Matt Wieters accepts Orioles’ $15.8M qualifying offer"

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/report-wieters-accepts-orioles-qualifying-offer/

 

Interesting that there have been no accepted QO's until this year, and this year there are 2 so far, with time left for others to accept as well.

 

Do you think this will affect teams' QO decisions in the future?

 

No.

[Krylian]

Rasmus popped the cherry.

 

QO acceptance is now a dirty whore.

[DerangedIdoit]

Rasmus popped the cherry.

 

QO acceptance is now a dirty whore.

 

Instead of testing the market Anderson and Wieters should get tested after Rasmus sloppy seconds.

[Atothe]

People said Weiters was gonna get a big deal. Hahhaha

[Pulk_Pull]

People said Weiters was gonna get a big deal. Hahhaha

 

I bet he's hoping to cash in on a bigger deal next year. I think he would of gotten an ok deal, but as a C he wants to cash in on a McCann/Martin level deal.

[nmrch]

Wieters was probably the number 1 candidate to accept the QO if he wasn't a Boras client. Everything about his situation pretty much dictates that he accept, but Boras is notorious at bending clients to his well, i guess he wasn't successful this time.

[nmrch]

I bet he's hoping to cash in on a bigger deal next year. I think he would of gotten an ok deal, but as a C he wants to cash in on a McCann/Martin level deal.

 

Rejected the QO doesn't mean you can't sign a one year deal if nothing big comes your way. It would have kept his options open, that's why the MLBPA and Boras in particular don't like players accepting QO's. The worst case scenario for Weieters would have been a one year deal with a small paycut, around ~10 million. And there might have been a chance for him to snag a good long term deal.

[CJ-Freeway]

Rasmus popped the cherry.

 

QO acceptance is now a dirty whore.

 

Haha. That made me lol.

[KingKat]

Wieters was probably the number 1 candidate to accept the QO if he wasn't a Boras client. Everything about his situation pretty much dictates that he accept, but Boras is notorious at bending clients to his well, i guess he wasn't successful this time.

 

Or maybe he did his client a solid. The first ever player to accept a Q.O. in the old system was Greg Maddux, a Boras client. Maddux read the tea leaves and determined that was the best return for Maddux. The Braves didn't really want to pay him either but they just assumed he would decline because everyone else had.

[Laika]

Wieters was probably the number 1 candidate to accept the QO if he wasn't a Boras client. Everything about his situation pretty much dictates that he accept, but Boras is notorious at bending clients to his well, i guess he wasn't successful this time.

 

I still don't understand why he would accept. Could have explored deals all winter and then got something like this in Feb. He's so talented

[burlingtonbandit]

I still don't understand why he would accept. Could have explored deals all winter and then got something like this in Feb. He's so talented

 

He probably already explored deals and since no one offered him a good deal he accepted the QO.

 

Also there aren't really any contending teams in need of a C who would want to waste a draft pick on him.

[jglicksm]

Rejected the QO doesn't mean you can't sign a one year deal if nothing big comes your way. It would have kept his options open, that's why the MLBPA and Boras in particular don't like players accepting QO's. The worst case scenario for Weieters would have been a one year deal with a small paycut, around ~10 million. And there might have been a chance for him to snag a good long term deal.

 

How is 10 million (vs. 15.8) a "small paycut?!?!"

[Captain Adama]

Maybe he likes the city of BaltimAHAHAHA.

 

....yeah seems kinda odd.

[KingKat]

I still don't understand why he would accept. Could have explored deals all winter and then got something like this in Feb. He's so talented

 

Maybe he was going to fail his physicals...

[Laika]

Maybe he was going to fail his physicals...

 

maybs!

[jayswin11]

I thought Lackey would accept. I don't see him getting a better deal. I bet he resigns with Cardinals something similar to what Estrada got, that or he is in the same boat as Ervin Santana a couple years ago.

[BlueBirdBro]

Wieters had a down year. Taking a one year 15m paycheque to rebuild some value and cash in isn't a bad idea. He said he had multi year offers but obviously they weren't good ones. He puts up a huge year and suddenly maybe a desperate team offers him McCann/Martin money. Totally understandable decision for him and his family.

[Krylian]

Wieters had a down year. Taking a one year 15m paycheque to rebuild some value and cash in isn't a bad idea. He said he had multi year offers but obviously they weren't good ones. He puts up a huge year and suddenly maybe a desperate team offers him McCann/Martin money. Totally understandable decision for him and his family.

 

It's funny.

 

Depends on the context the viewpoint can change so drastically.

 

'Why would Wieters accept? If he had a multiple year offer, take the deal and get security... He could get hurt next season and its all over.'

 

Yet... If one of us won $15.8M in the lottery, we're set for life.

[nmrch]

I still don't understand why he would accept. Could have explored deals all winter and then got something like this in Feb. He's so talented

 

I agree, this is one of those scenarios where Boras' aggressive style actually makes sense.

[nmrch]

How is 10 million (vs. 15.8) a "small paycut?!?!"

 

In the context of where his career is right now and the upside of waiting, $5.8 million isn't that much to risk, especially when a 1 year 10 million deal is the worst case scenario. More likely, if he waited and didn't find a long term suitor he could have found a 1 year deal in the 12-15 million range no problem.

 

Boras isn't stupid, remember he's risking 1/10th(or whatever his rate is) of what Weiters would have been giving up but the chance to get a "fair" long term deal with the worst case scenario being another one year deal should be a gamble worth taking on.