The Orioles keep Mark Trumbo in the fold with a three-year deal worth $37.5 million.

The Orioles must be thrilled to get Trumbo at roughly $12.5 million per year, though there was an ongoing internal debate over the merits of receiving the draft pick attached to him before the new collective bargaining agreement takes hold.

There was a common assumption made that Trumbo would rake in at least four years and maybe five after leading the majors with 47 home runs and hitting another one in the wild card game at age 30. The market was flooded with power hitters, it moved slowly and Trumbo “settled” for three.

He’s not going to lose any sleep over it. He earned a healthy raise after making $9.15 million last year while avoiding an arbitration hearing.

Trumbo is a bit of a one-dimensional player, and that dimension is power. He makes outs and hits home runs. Looking at his batted ball stats, he doesn’t really hit line drives. He either puts the ball in the air, or he smashed it into the ground. Fortunately for him, when the ball gets in the air, it tends to leave the park especially at Camden Yards.

I’m somewhat surprised another team didn’t see a chance to get Trumbo cheap and either offer him four years or another million dollars a year. It looks like the slugger wanted to stay in Baltimore.