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

I would think the uninformed.

I bet he signs elsewhere. Angelos has a history of letting good players get away. To be fair the Orioles have a history of that going back to Reggie Jackson. They refused to pay him and he goes to NY and wins a world series right away.

And don't forget Cal Ripken Jr. We let him get away into retirement. He would still be playing shortstop if I had my way. JJ Ha-who? lol

"Angelos has a history of letting good players get away."

Yeah, like Mussina too. We should have slapped chains on that guy and put him in the secret dungeon under the bullpen until he pledged his lifelong commitment to the O's. We let these ballplayers have too much freedom nowadays to make their own choices. If a ballplayer does not like playing for a losing team, he can go elsewhere. I blame the players union more than anything. It should be disbanded.

What baseball really needs is a salary cap. Pro football has one and is doing quite well with it.

I don't see why we should sign Jones he is clearly not an all around player. He leads us in R, Rbi, HR, Avg., SB but his BB #'s are terrible. Anybody who knows anything about sabremetrics knows that means he is extremely overrated.

Honestly, the way I see it, we should lock up Jones long term, and sit on wieters. No need to worry about signing a guy now who's here until 2016 anyhow. This team should be able to compete through 2013, 2014, and 2015 (assuming Jones re-signs) making it a much more attractive option to Wieters. If I had to choose between the two, I'd rather keep Wieters, but the price would probably not be as reasonable; thus, lock up Jones now through 2017 or 2018, and then if Wieters doesn't want to to stay in 2015, move him somewhere else if he asks for a ridiculous amount of money (unless of course we're realistically competing for the WS, but imagine the return we could get on him if we aren't).

we should lock up jones this off season. if it takes 100 mill + then so be it, talents not cheap. as for weiters. we still have time, still have 4 more seasons with matt being under O's control. gives us time to see where we are in a few years.

From Roch__

Told that he was on a 50-homer pace, Jones said, "That would be awesome. I'd be up with Brady (Anderson). I just try to square it up. My main mission every time I step into that box is hit this ball as hard as you can hit it. I don't care where it goes - right-field line, left-field line, right-field gap, right-field line, center. I don't care. Just square it up."

One thing I like about that response is that it demonstrates Adam Jones' self-awareness. He knows what his own job as a hitter is in this lineup.

But the thing I love about his response is his saying, "I'd be up with Brady." Nobody but an Oriole would make that comparison. Adam Jones thinks of himself as an Oriole.

It's not that we can expect his agent to offer the team a special deal to keep him in Baltimore.

But it is more evidence that he's not disgruntled about being an Oriole. Jones' ads for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, his work in the Baltimore community and his eagerness to participate in promoting the team are encouraging. Contrary to some peoples' opinions, I think the Orioles have the inside track on working out an extension with Jones. He was raised on the West Coast but emotionally, he's a Baltimore Oriole.

"He was raised on the West Coast but emotionally, he's a Baltimore Oriole."

Good morning Mike. I hope your right. I would hate to see him leave. The two draft picks we would get would seem like chump change, unless of course he's traded first, which is a good possibility if he doesn't sign an extension.

lol uurgghh thanks Calabrams lol i didnt wanna think of that bud, but you may be right, they need to get a deal done!!

if you check, Adam is under O's control NEXT SEASON! i believe.

well i think PA needs to let go of his ego a bit and get the deal done, letting adam go would be a huge stupid mistake and a big loss to team

i agree bud, hes been doing stupid things for 14 yrs

The development of Xavier Avery throws a wrench in the Jones deal IMO. If Avery is a better center fielder and our future lead off man that steals 40-50, and Manny Machado is our future 3rd bat, then the case can be made that Adam's money would be better spent on a RF/1b mega bat...maybe even Josh Hamilton.

I'm sentimental and would rather see us do it with Adam who took the responsibility of changing the O's personalty. But sentimnetality doesn't win WS and sometimes even creates debacles like Cal Ripken.

i dont see avery as an adam jones quite yet, i think they need to sign jones or regret it later.