Wei-Yin Chen has hired super agent Scott Boras to represent him according to a tweet from Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. The O’s lefty signed a three year, $11.388 million deal with Baltimore prior to the 2012 season and has impressed in his first 38 big league starts.
Chen finished 2012 with a 12-11 record, a 4.02 ERA over 192 2/3 innings, a 7.2 K/9, and 2.70 K/BB. He finished fourth in the American League Rookie of the Year voting. This season, Chen is 2-3 with a 3.50 ERA in 36 innings over six starts with a 5.5 K/9 and 1.83 K/BB.
Fans seemed to panic when they read the news about Chen switching to Boras. Zach Britton made a similar change in 2010 after being named the Orioles Minor League Pitcher of the Year. As the old cliche goes, baseball is a business — and Boras seems to get the most money for his clients. At 27 years old, Chen should be looking for a nice payday when he hits free agency.
No need to worry though, he’s locked up through 2014 with a team option for 2015. By the time Chen is a free agent, Dan Duquette and the Orioles should have plenty of experience bargaining with Boras after hopefully securing a nice contract extension for Matt Wieters.
Hello pin stripes………….if he turns out to be really good , doubtful…………..
Moot point, to me. He’s under team control for 2 more years, after this one. Worst case scenario is that he’s “lights out” the next 2 years and they deal with it then…boy, what a terrible problem.
Could be in a string of players heading north if they pan out,,,,,,,,,,,,just watch………..
Don’t get too close to any O’s player that may turn into a super star , Peter the Great simply will not sign them . The best the fans can hope for is an average team with average players with maybe one or two a little above average and may get to the playoffs if everything goes right and the other teams falter ( see last year)…
Hmm, just like he didn’t sign Markakis and Jones…I’m no fan of Angelos but I think we can put that to rest, for now anyway
Mystery Man is living in the past. The Orioles have shown that they will pay their own, but are unwilling to gamble on risks like Hamilton this past off-season. Chen will sign here, if he continues to merit a new contract.