{"id":9834,"date":"2014-12-31T17:57:46","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T22:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/?p=9834"},"modified":"2014-12-31T17:57:46","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T22:57:46","slug":"orioles-manager-to-meet-with-free-agent-colby-rasmus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/2014\/12\/31\/orioles-manager-to-meet-with-free-agent-colby-rasmus\/","title":{"rendered":"Orioles manager to meet with free agent Colby Rasmus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_8102\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8102\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/06\/colbyrasmus.jpg\" alt=\"getty images\" width=\"594\" height=\"458\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/06\/colbyrasmus.jpg 594w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/06\/colbyrasmus-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">getty images<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nOrioles manager Buck Showalter will meet with free agent outfielder Colby Rasmus in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>Showalter will meet the 29-year-old Rasmus in Alabama in hopes of convincing him to accept a one-year offer from the club.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his career Rasmus has shown flashes of production but has struggled to be consistent. His best season came in 2013 with the Blue Jays where he posted a .276\/.338\/.501 line with 22 home runs.<\/p>\n<p>The Orioles are looking for inexpensive players with upside who could take the roster spots of free agent departures Nelson Cruz and Nick Markakis.<\/p>\n<p>Thus far there have been no reports of any other teams showing interest in Rasmus. According to Eddie Encia of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/sports\/orioles\/blog\/bal-orioles-manager-buck-showalter-slated-to-meet-with-freeagent-outfielder-colby-rasmus-20141231-story.html#\" target=\"_blank\">Baltimore Sun<\/a> the Orioles only have concerns on whether or not Rasumus will fit into the clubhouse. Much like Cruz from a year ago, Rasmus enters this offseason looking to rebuild his value and cash in next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orioles manager Buck Showalter will meet with free agent outfielder Colby Rasmus in the coming days. Showalter will meet the 29-year-old Rasmus in Alabama in hopes of convincing him to accept a one-year offer from the club. Throughout his career Rasmus has shown flashes of production but has struggled to be consistent. His best season [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[499],"tags":[9,777,503,501],"coauthors":[6],"class_list":["post-9834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-baltimore-orioles","tag-colby-rasmus","tag-front","tag-mlb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9835,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9834\/revisions\/9835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9834"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=9834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}