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Red Sox pitcher Tyler Austin Jersey ,ntracts after this season, but both have reportedly decided to stay where they are.The deadline to decide on opt-out clauses came on Nov. 1, 2018, at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Standard time. Price made it very clear to the media even before the deadline that he had very little interest in opting out of his deal with the Red Sox.David Price is not opting out of his contract with #RedSox, according to @alexspeier reporting from today's parade. @MLBNetwork @MLB https://t.co/HqpITU6ZX6— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) October 31, 2018Price is just coming off his first-ever World Series championship and also has four years left on his current contract. He will be paid $31 million next season, and $32 million for each of the following three seasons after that.advertisingUp until this fall, pitching in the postseason has been a struggle for Price. In six games this postseason, Price had a 3.46 ERA with a 1.15 WHIP. Most importantly, he pitched seven innings and surrendered only one run in game five of the World Series.Now given all of that, it was still a no-brainier for Price not to opt-out. The market for pitchers over the age of 30 has diminished a lot in the past few years. Once a pitcher is over 30 years of age, he usually starts to decline.So given that Price will be turning 34 next August http://www.yankeesfanproshop.com/authentic-giancarlo-stanton-jersey , it's safe to assume he wouldn't be able to secure a higher paying contract than the one he already has.advertisingAlmost all of the educated guesses heard from agents/execs about Clayton Kershaw's situation is that the left-hander and the Dodgers will work out some kind of extension of one or two years, beyond the two years/$70 million he is owed. He has to decide whether to opt out today.— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) October 31, 2018Kershaw's opt-out situation is very different from Price's. Kershaw only has two years remaining on his current contract. He is owed over $34 million next season and over $35 million the season after that.Although, if Kershaw officially doesn't opt-out of his contract, then he will get another opportunity to do so after next season. Kershaw is also turning 31 next March and knows full well about how pitchers older than 30 don't get the big contracts like they once did. CBS SportsIt has been reported that Kershaw is looking for an extension to stay with the Dodgers beyond the next two seasons. But, he wants that extension now rather than later so he won't lose any value with his age creeping over 30.advertisingWith the way the free-agent market is for pitchers over the age of 30, it was no surprise to hear that both Price and Kershaw would want to have guaranteed big money contracts, as they reach closer and closer to the end of their careers. In a radical departure from his predecessor, new GM Mike Elias has signed a free agent pitcher before spring training."With less than a week to go until the start of spring training, it looked like the Orioles might just not bother to sign any free agents for the 2019 team. They’ve pulled off a signing after all, bringing in 31-year-old righty Nate Karns on a one-year contract. The deal, which is agreed to but not yet final, was first reported by USA Today’s Bob Nightengale.Karns did not pitch in the 2018 season after missing most of 2017 with a mystery injury that turned out to be thoracic outlet syndrome, requiring surgery. The specter of the Orioles physical is always out there, but it’s not like this is a huge contract. Nightengale reported it’s an $800 Miguel Andujar Jersey ,000 guarantee for 2019 with a possible $200,000 in incentives. In the event that Karns does well, the O’s would also control him for one arbitration season in 2020 before he becomes a free agent.One way we can tell that new GM Mike Elias is going to be different than his predecessor is that he’s actually managed to sign a free agent pitcher before the start of spring training. The Orioles would be the fifth team of Karns’s career in just six big league seasons. Since being drafted by the Nationals in the 12th round back in 2009, trades have sent him from the Nationals to the Rays to the Mariners to the Royals. The Royals chose not to retain Karns after the thoracic outlet surgery, making him a free agent.Although Karns hasn’t thrown more than 100 innings or been any good since 2015, it’s not hard to see the potential upside in signing a guy whose talent has been derailed by unfortunate injuries. In that 2015 season with the Rays, Karns struck out 145 batters in 147 innings on the way to posting a 3.67 ERA and 4.09 FIP. Four years ago is forever ago in baseball terms, but it’s something he can hang his hat on.This is the kind of signing where if the Orioles made it a year or two ago, when they were still pretending that they could contend, that would have been disappointing. You’re not serious about addressing a weakness in the rotation to try to make the playoffs if you sign Nate Karns. In 2019, we already know the Orioles will be bad. They aren’t signing Karns with the expectation that he will meaningfully change that. If the signing does work out, then he pushes what would have been a fourth/fifth starter competition among a variety of pitching prospects to just a fifth starter competition. That’s only bad news for the chances of Luis Ortiz, Dillon Tate, Josh Rogers, John Means Tim Tebow Jersey , David Hess, and the rest of that ilk collecting more big league paychecks. When they woke up this morning, two of them looked to be ticketed for early rotation spots. Now, only one of them is.If Karns turns out to be healthy and good, the Orioles can trade him either at this July’s trade deadline or next. A year-plus of a cheap, decent pitcher is worth something to a contending club if that is what Karns turns out to be.If Karns is not healthy, not good, or both, the total cost is at most a million bucks. They will probably have a decent idea by the end of spring training if he has anything left in the tank. If he doesn’t, he might not even make it to Opening Day. The 2018 Orioles flushed three times the maximum Karns money down the toilet on Chris Tillman, among other veteran wastes of money and roster space who made the Opening Day roster last year. The only thing they will have to do is clear one of the worthless players off the 40-man to sign Karns. It’s as close to zero risk as a signing gets. Here’s hoping it works out for Karns and the Orioles.