Camden Chat · Dec 2, 2016
Orioles non-tender Vance Worley, making him a free agent
One of the unexciting but nonetheless important parts of the baseball offseason is the decision of whether or not to tender contracts to a team’s arbitration-eligible players. In advance of the Friday night deadline to make those decisions, the Orioles chose not to tender contracts to Vance Worley, making them a free agent immediately.
The other eight arbitration-eligible Orioles, including no-brainers like Manny Machado and Zach Britton, as well as more borderline cases like utilityman Ryan Flaherty and however you want to describe T.J. McFarland, were all tendered contracts by the team. They will have some time to sort out who will be getting paid what in the months to come.