totally agree, i know ill have my sign out there . i dont know what they are doing with roberts, as much as i like him im almost afriad to have hime back, afraid it would mess with the chemistry on the team.

I would love to see Adam Jones and the Orioles get a deal done. My only question is, does the Orioles F.O. have enough money to Sign two $100 million dollar player contracts (Jones&Wieters)?

If I had to pick one player to lock up for a career, it would be Wieters. Catchers like him are not easy to get. They say that everyone is replaceable, but Matt Wieters will make you rethink that philosophy.

Agree Weiters is special, wonder if Boras would accept a fair offer. If we can't keep them both are you for trading Jones now?

Boras will want Wieters to test the Free Agent waters. That's how Boras does things. He will go and talk to the Yankees and the Red Sox, among other teams, and try to convince them that they need to outbid the other teams or they will be outgunned by the competition. Scott Boras is very good at getting the most money you could possibly get for a player, whether he's worth it or not. Matt is worth a lot. We know it, Boras knows it. Our only chance to lock Matt up is to make the offer public and make it an insane offer. Try to get Matt to "ARod" Boras and sign against his agents advice. Really needs to be a major offer though for that to work IMO.

How much longer do we have team control of both Jones and Wieters?

Adam Jones could become a Free Agent in 2014. The Orioles have one more arbitration year left with him.

Matt Wieters could become a FA in 2016.

It's important that the Orioles win games this year to keep us... and them happy.

"It's important that the Orioles win games this year to keep us... and them happy."

And to encourage Angelos to reopen the wallet. No one wants to spend top dollar on a loser, including Angelos. Think that Angelos does not want to see another 1998, when he spent the most in baseball just for the Orioles to finish in 4th place, 79-83, in what began the sub .500 string which will hopefully end this year.

i agree, the orioles need to at least have a .500 year or better to keep them, they arent gonna play for a losing team forever

Offer Jones 7 years 105 mil. If he sticks his nose up, trade him at the trade deadline and load up!

why do you want to get rid of Matt?

Yes we can afford Wieters and Jones and I really hope we do. It's pretty clear they are going to be the big money Orioles of the next 5 years with Machado and Bundy coming after them.

I agree with you hunts because as long as we win and we keep winning. Peter would open up the wallet get a better product out there. Than what peter does will put more fans in the seats and the team will get more money and fan support.

He was just asking how long the Orioles have exclusive control over Wieters' contract. Matt can become a free agent in 2016 if the Orioles don't extend his contract. Those are the rules.

I would not give up matt. Hes the best fielding catcher we have. As for Bundy I would like to see him in Baltimore but not to give up the best fielding catcher to bring him up. as for machado we can get rid of Mark bring him up.

Ultimately, it's Wieters and Boras that have the final say. His contract is not for life and he is allowed to become a free agent at the end of it which is what Boras likes to advise for pretty much all of his clients. That's where Boras is able to drive the price of his player up is on the market, where he can get division rivals into bidding wars. This is how modern baseball is. I vote we bring back indentured servatude or slavery, but many seem against it. lol

"as for machado we can get rid of Mark bring him up."

Why not bring up Bundy too? Who care's if any of the players are ready or not. Machado is only batting .254 at Bowie, but that does not mean that he won't hit .300 here. AA is much harder than the AL East, right? And as for moving him to play third base, why not just move him to pitcher? Worked out great for Chris Davis who leads the team in ERA.

Here's a lineup you might like:

Alvarez LF
Tolleson SS
Hall 2B
Towsend 1B
Baker DH
Machado 3B
Welty RF
Bumbry CF
Exposito C

Let's just get rid of all the bums we got now and go with this superb lineup. Since our team has been so horrible so far we have nothing to lose. Oh, the rotation:

Bundy D.
Bascom
Bundy B.
Berken
Bergesen

WE can call them the 5 Bee's!!!! How cool is that?

weiters too,but angelos will wait til their contracts expire and we'll lose both.i hope not,but look at his past.

"angelos will wait til their contracts expire and we'll lose both.i hope not,but look at his past."

The front office has given out extensions so I don't really see where that's coming from.

"The front office has given out extensions so I don't really see where that's coming from."

I would think the uninformed.