O's reel in LaRoche

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O’s offer to Adam LaRoche is three years, $16-18M
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Ed Price of AOL Fanhouse reported Thursday that the Orioles were “closing in on signing” free agent first baseman Adam LaRoche. They are, and Jen Royle of MASN was given an idea of the financial terms Saturday from a source in the know.

LaRoche will earn between $16 million and $18 million over a three-year pact.

The money is bad, but it’s not a terrible fit.

LaRoche is a left-handed hitter and should be able to take advantage of Camden Yards’ short right porch. He launched 25 home runs and collected a career-high 100 RBI over 151 games in 2010 for Arizona and he’s a decent defender at first base.

LaRoche will be reunited in Baltimore with Mark Reynolds, who was acquired via trade from the D’Backs earlier this offseason. Arizona got right-handers David Hernandez and Kameron Mickolio in return.

-HBT

Peter Angelos has made a few nice signings this off-season and he's shored up the corner infield positions....the positions I said were the O's biggest weakness last season. They won't compete for a playoff spot but they will climb themselves out of the AL East basement in 2011. If they are going to make a serious run, they need to find ways to better lure the big free agents. This team would be in much better shape if they found a way to sign Texeira 2 years ago. Even signing Dunn would've been huge for this team.

 

[elcheato]

Adam Laroche is a pretty good player, solid signing if they get him.

 

[snipezo]

They might just finish ahead of us.