Whether or not the Baltimore Orioles would tender contracts to Tim Beckham and Caleb Joseph ahead of last night’s deadline has been a hot topic in Birdland over the past few weeks.
Many fans have expressed the opinion that Beckham overstayed his welcome in Baltimore, despite the fact that he was productive in late-2017 after his acquisition, and that he spent a good portion of 2018 both being shuffled around the diamond defensively, and on the disabled list recovering from core muscle surgery.
Part of the reason those fans wanted the Orioles to move on from Beckham was his projected salary.