Signing(s): Orioles re-sign Chris Davis

[Bad News Bears]

If he stops hitting, he's got no wear on his arm from playing 1B/DH, so make him a pitcher. #seriousnotserious

I love Crush, and my thoughts on this deal cannot be made rational, so I won't even comment. I'm just happy to have the gigantic man back in my life.

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

Lol at making bank at 51. This kinda makes the Bonilla deal look good, no?

 

[Voight]

Angelos being the cheap-ass he is and stretching out the money for as long as possible.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Angelos being the cheap-ass he is and stretching out the money for as long as possible.

Which is smart. A dollar today is worth more than a dollar tomorrow.

 

[Fish on The Sand]

Lol at making bank at 51. This kinda makes the Bonilla deal look good, no?

Mets are still paying Bonilla for the next 24 years.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Chris Davis 2018:

Batting Average: .175
Strikeouts: 177

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

I was completely wrong. I said the contract would be atrocious in year 4 but here we are in year 3 and he's having one of the worst seasons ever.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

I genuinely feel bad for him. I bet he feels terrible.

 

[Bob Richards]

50 wRC+ and a -2.7 fWAR as of September.

You could replace him with a minor leaguer swinging a butterfly net.

 

[MMC]

 

[Dr Pepper]

I'm actually surprised .168 was the lowest. You'd think someone would've done worse in all these years.

Not a proud moment for Davis or the Orioles. He'll bounce back next year I bet.

 

[Canes]

I'm actually surprised .168 was the lowest. You'd think someone would've done worse in all these years.

Not a proud moment for Davis or the Orioles. He'll bounce back next year I bet.

It's actually the lowest by .011. Rob Deer in 1991 for the Tigers and Dan Uggla in 2013 for the Braves were the previous worst with a .179 average.

Not sure if he'll ever bounce back. Some guys just never regain their bat speed or pitch awareness when they get older.

 

[Dr Pepper]

It's actually the lowest by .011. Rob Deer in 1991 for the Tigers and Dan Uggla in 2013 for the Braves were the previous worst with a .179 average.

Not sure if he'll ever bounce back. Some guys just never regain their bat speed or pitch awareness when they get older.

Damn.

(that was for the previous record, and also your likes-to-posts ratio. How'd you manage that? )

 

[Canes]

Damn.

(that was for the previous record, and also your likes-to-posts ratio. How'd you manage that? )

Being a Canes fan that posts a lot on our board where you can average like 3 or 4 likes on every post.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

It's rare for a guy to hit this badly yet to be seen by his team as a star player. Most guys who'd flirt with this record would find themselves out of a Major League job pretty quickly. That's why this is the record.

 

[Canes]

The Orioles owe him a gazillion dollars still. He probably would have been DFA'ed months ago if not for his horrendous contract. I doubt they seem him as a star player anymore. Even the most delusional owner or GM isn't that delusional.

 

[Voight]

The one time Scrooge McAngelos actually opened up the purse strings, it failed hard

Its ok tho, he'd rather pay Davis big money to suck than play his star players.

*I will always have a special place in my heart for Crush Davis since he helped me win my fantasy league in 2013

 

[Say Hey Kid]

"The Baltimore Orioles have seen enough from Chris Davis this season. The once-feared hitter, whom Baltimore committed a whopping $161 million to prior to the 2016 season, will not play in any of the team’s final three games. The decision is not injury related, according to reports from Baltimore. There’s simply no point in watching Davis struggle any more than they already have. Davis, 32, will finish the season in a 1-for-37 slump. Worse yet, he will finish the season with the worst qualified batting average in Major League Baseball history." Orioles' $161 million man finishes season with worst batting average in MLB history

 

[Filthy Dangles]

He'll bounce back next year I bet.

Narrator: He did not

57 OPS+ batting .183 with a -1 WAR

Dude tried to almost fight his manager


Wouldn’t be surprised if he’s DFA’d and the Orioles just move on from him at this point

 

[NJDevs26]

The Orioles owe him a gazillion dollars still. He probably would have been DFA'ed months ago if not for his horrendous contract. I doubt they seem him as a star player anymore. Even the most delusional owner or GM isn't that delusional.

That plus the Orioles don't exactly have viable major leaguers or prospects he's been blocking from playing anyway.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

They're already paying him for like 15 years after his deal ends. I wonder how many years a buyout would spread it over lol.

 

[Sam Spade]

Not for nothing, I live in Baltimore and am good friends with someone high up in the organization, like not a friend of a friend, but good friends, and they have told me he is a complete tool in the locker room and pretty much universally hated by everyone on the team. Trainers, staff, fellow players, everyone.

What a mess.

 

[rangerssharks414]

the $42M in deferred money is to be paid in 10 installments of $3.5M annually each July 1, 2023-32, and five installments of $1.4M each July 1, 2033-37

Baltimore Orioles | Cot's Baseball Contracts

Chris Davis day doesn't have the same ring to it as Bobby Bonilla day...

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Not for nothing, I live in Baltimore and am good friends with someone high up in the organization, like not a friend of a friend, but good friends, and they have told me he is a complete tool in the locker room and pretty much universally hated by everyone on the team. Trainers, staff, fellow players, everyone.

What a mess.

I wonder if he was like that before.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Howard got killed by the shift. Is Davis still taking ADD meds? We know what happened when he stopped that one year.

I thought he'd still be like an Encarnacion type at this point. Dude just forgot how to hit.