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Steve Davis: O's Roster Could Undergo Major Changes

Enjoy this team right now because I have a feeling some of your favorites might not be back. If they all wanted to stay, there's no way the Orioles will be able to afford them. I went and looked at the salary situation and many of their players are due for raises and some will be huge.

Tillman, Gonzales, Pearce and Britton are all eligible for arbitration, so they are going to get hefty raises.

Norris made $5.3 million last year and is eligible for arbitration again, so his number will go up.

Hunter and Matusz are eligible for arbitration. They made $3 and $2.4 million respectively. I doubt they both will be back, especially Matusz.

Weiters is in his final year of eligibility. He will probably get a raise.

So is Davis. He may not get a raise, but he won't get cut either, so he is $10 million or so.

Never mind all the free agents: Cruz, Hardy and Markakis (I doubt the Orioles pick up his $17 million one year option).

O'Day has a team option for $4.25 million, Chen for $4.75 million.

Plus, Ubaldo isn't going anywhere and they're not going to pay him $13 million to pitch out of the bullpen, so you have to figure they will trade one of the starters.

Tillman isn't going anywhere.

Chen is their only lefty so he isn't going anywhere.

Gausman is young, cheap and talented.

That leaves Norris and Gonzales. I can't see them putting one of their starters in the bullpen; they're too good. And there's nothing to be gained by sending them to the minors.

Like I said, this is a great team, but it will be interesting to see how many key guys aren't here next year.
 


 

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