Orioles sign Kittredge

[G-Snarls]

The Orioles and free agent reliever Andrew Kittredge are in agreement on a one-year, $10MM guarantee, reports Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. The Paragon Sports International client receives a $9MM salary for the upcoming season and is guaranteed a $1MM buyout on a $9MM club option for 2026. Baltimore has a full 40-man roster and will need to make a move when the contract is finalized.

[BTS]

This offseason the Orioles' have added 71M in salary for 2025 and have the following to show for it:

Tyler O'Neill

Charlie Morton

Gary Sanchez

Andrew Kittredge

Seranthony Dominguez

Tomoyuki Sugano 

[Laika]

Just bizarre and incompetent. 

Their team had enough depth already at most places on the depth chart. Yeah they needed depth SP but they needed front end SP more than that. Spending $71M+ on...

LF, mid-RP, mid-RP, backup C, SP5, SP6... is wild. 

[Laika]

Orioles in any playoff series: 

Game 1 - if Grayson Rodriguez is even healthy he is matched up against the other team's Ace. O's probably the underdog; even though GR is very good, he's not an Ace Ace. 
Game 2 - Zach Eflin probably goes 60 pitches then it's a bullpen game? O's massive underdogs.
Game 3 - Charlie Morton throws 2 innings and then???? O's massive underdogs. 

[Terminator]

1 hour ago, BTS said:

This offseason the Orioles' have added 71M in salary for 2025 and have the following to show for it:

Tyler O'Neill

Charlie Morton

Gary Sanchez

Andrew Kittredge

Seranthony Dominguez

Tomoyuki Sugano 

71 million on that?? Wow

[wilko]

1 hour ago, BTS said:

This offseason the Orioles' have added 71M in salary for 2025 and have the following to show for it:

Tyler O'Neill

Charlie Morton

Gary Sanchez

Andrew Kittredge

Seranthony Dominguez

Tomoyuki Sugano 

That's kinda gross. 

[Spanky99]

Kittredge is a nice sign, meh...

[Brownie19]

1 hour ago, Spanky99 said:

Kittredge is a nice sign, meh...

$10M seems like a ton for Kittredge - even on a 1 year deal.

[Spanky99]

27 minutes ago, Brownie19 said:

$10M seems like a ton for Kittredge - even on a 1 year deal.

Not much value, but a 1.5 RA9 tells me that's about right.

[mphenhef]

10 hours ago, BTS said:

This offseason the Orioles' have added 71M in salary for 2025 and have the following to show for it:

Tyler O'Neill

Charlie Morton

Gary Sanchez

Andrew Kittredge

Seranthony Dominguez

Tomoyuki Sugano 

Where is the barf emote when you need it?

[Brownie19]

18 hours ago, Spanky99 said:

Not much value, but a 1.5 RA9 tells me that's about right.

True, but $11M AAV for Hoffman makes $10M for Kittredge seem expensive.

[Spanky99]

25 minutes ago, Brownie19 said:

True, but $11M AAV for Hoffman makes $10M for Kittredge seem expensive.

Depends how you look at it. I still think it's fine.

[jaysblue]

1 hour ago, Brownie19 said:

True, but $11M AAV for Hoffman makes $10M for Kittredge seem expensive.

Yeah the difference is Kittredge is for only 1 year but meh. In comparison with Hoffman's $11M AAV, it does make Kittredge seem expensive. Would rather have Hoffman. 

[jaysblue]

1 hour ago, Spanky99 said:

Depends how you look at it. I still think it's fine.

You own him in the DDL haha. 

[Spanky99]

20 minutes ago, jaysblue said:

You own him in the DDL haha. 

And?  1 year 10M is fine.

[max silver]

On 1/10/2025 at 4:42 PM, mphenhef said:

Where is the barf emote when you need it?