I wouldn't go a penny over that. IMO, that is too much to begin with.

g to sign him/???????

I hope the O's don't sign him to be honest. He seems like an average pitcher compared to Bundy and I don't seem him being any better than Matusz or Arrieta. I'd take the supplemental pick next season.

Took you loads of research to come up with that, didn't it?

First off, A LOT of pitchers look average next to Bundy. Just because he may not be as great as Bundy doesn't mean we shouldn't take him. Bundy's only come along every so often.

It would be hard for him NOT to be better than Jake and Brian.

Sorry man, I totally disagree with you. You may be right though.

"I hope the O's don't sign him to be honest. He seems like an average pitcher compared to Bundy and I don't seem him being any better than Matusz or Arrieta. I'd take the supplemental pick next season."

I'm on the fence, I like him but at the same time if next years draft has better talent than this years I'll live without him. How did you come up with your comparison to Jake an d Brian?

lets hope the o's are not low balling him, he sounds like a good kid, has good stats.

hopefully , just a ploy and we sign him Friday....

I already don't like Gausman for holding out this late. I'm sure the Orioles offered him what they thought was fair based on his statistics. It's not like the guy had record breaking college stats. They looked, in all honestly, not that impressive. I'll bet dollars and cents the local kid Hader ends up being better anyway.

Gausman supposedly tweeted that he's signed with Baltimore

"KevinGausman: Happy to be the newest member of the Baltimore Orioles organization!!! Living my dream!! #GoBirds!"

So this donut eating fool held out to the last minute for an extra 100,000 while he could have been on an affiliate working on becoming a major leaguer. Man I wish we had the 5th pick next year.

He had already pitched around 125-130 (estimated with playoffs included) innings this year with LSU so it was very unlikely the O's would have let him pitch anyway. We'll see I guess. Still time for him to play this year but I don't see it.

"So this donut eating fool held out to the last minute for an extra 100,000 "

The Orioles got the deal done, water under the bridge IMO. Welcome aboard Gausman!

BTW, have you ever eaten just one donut? Those things are awesome! lol

"Missing on the 4th overall pick is something that will put the O's back another 5 years."

Well I guess we are set now.

If not signing him set the organization back 5 years, how many years are we now set back by signing him? Just curious.

He signed.

In any event, whatever help this guy is able to provide the Orioles is a couple years away, at earliest. We're getting there, but I guess we've got to acknowledge that our big focus remains, as it has for so long now, on looking to the future.