they still offered him 25M per year, which he declined because he wants to test the free agent market in hopes of finding a bigger contract for more years.

you really think the o's are going to pay 20+ million for wieters when they have never paid that much for a player before??

how many 20+million per year contracts has he given out?

Money isn't the problem, it was years. Fielder would have gotten what he needed if Braun wasn't there. Kind of stupid to give two extremely lengthy and costly contracts to two players. Especially since Fielder is fat.

Whoa, who said Wieters was getting $20m? rofl.

if he continues to improve offensively and maintains his status as the top defensive catcher in the game how much do you think the yankees / red sox / phillies / other major market teams would be willing to give him per year?

Especially since according to Tucker he's already a top 5 catcher in baseball and is so young he will improve each year. The Yankees, Red Sox and Phillies are in desperate need of an everyday catcher and if Wieters decides to test the market (Like a Boras client will most likely do.) there's no possible way the Orioles will retain him.

its not only according to me, there are plenty of people (that are much higher than me) that also think it.
And LOL at people acting as if the orioles are a small market team and dont spend money.

Done with this conversation, it just proved who is absolutely retarded on this forum.

I wasn't saying that he wasn't you fucktard. Lol at you thinking you can compete with the Yanks/Sox/Phils.

nobody said they don't spend money. i said they have never given out a contract like wieters will demand so what makes you think they will now?

they are known for signing has beens to 1/2 year deals and overpaying them.

you keep dodging questions, putting words in peoples mouths, and attempting to harass anyone with a different view than you. grow up already.

What makes you think the Orioles can't offer the same, or even more? Just because they haven't doesn't mean they won't. Besides, there's so many factors to consider before Wieters is as valuable as 2009-Joe Mauer.

Do you really think the Orioles would be able to win in a bidding war for a player that the Yanks/Sox/Phils would all want?

That's why you lock him up before he hits free agency..