"Right-handed pitcher Edwin Jackson, the best free agent remaining on the market, is much more likely to accept a one-year deal and test free agency again after the 2012 season than to ink a multiyear contract, according to an industry source.

And that almost certainly would take Jackson out of the running to come to Baltimore since free-agent pitchers coveting one-year, value-improving deals don't usually seek out last-place American League East teams or hitter-friendly environments.

Jackson, 28, reportedly has several multiyear offers on the table -- one is believed to be from the Orioles -- but he and his agent, Scott Boras, are more motivated to land a one-year deal and have him re-enter the market next season."