Chris Davis, Orioles agree to 7-year, $161M deal

286 again, but he is an asset because of the dearth in power around baseball. Heated debates immediately began as to whether or not Davis was worth this amount of money.

The Orioles have also re-signed Darren O’Day, given Matt Wieters a qualifying offer, and traded for Mark Trumbo this offseason. Though the righty-swinging Cespedes doesn’t provide lefty balance, he slammed 35 home runs last season – 17 with the Mets – and playing 81 games at Camden Yards is a power hitter’s delight. Last season, Davis hit 47 home runs and drove in 117.

COMPARABLE YANKEES CONTRACTS: The Yankees gave Teixeira eight years and $180 million in 2009. And though hitting the long ball is his best skill, it’s not his only skill. Not only has he led the AL in homers two of the past three years, but he’s also a leader in the clubhouse. Orioles manager Buck Showalter lamented the protracted contract talks earlier this week.

The deal is somewhat of a risk for the Baltimore Orioles for a number of reasons. He made the postseason as a key piece for the Oakland Athletics (2012-13) and the 2015 National League Champion New York Mets, coming over to Queens from the Detroit Tigers around the 2015 MLB Trade Deadline. And human beings tend to perform better in positive environments that contain good leadership and common goals. His return to slugging prominence wasn’t enough to get the Baltimore Orioles in contention, but the team still chose to keep him in the fold. “When you get through and step back, he can do a lot of things that not many people can do”. He attempted to price himself out of the team, with some reports saying that he actually turned down an initial offer of $154 million for seven years. And that defines the way this Baltimore team plays. Davis’ deal does not prevent the Orioles from signing a pitcher and/or another bat. Major League Baseball and other professional sports have seen their fair share of record-breaking contracts, such as the 13-year $325 million contract Giancarlo Stanton signed with the Miami Marlins in November of 2014.

The news the Orioles have reunited with Davis isn’t particularly surprising.

Is it possible that the deal doesn’t work out? The Mets still owed him $5.9 million but didn’t want to pay him that kind of money, so Bonilla offered them a deal: Bonilla would defer payment for a decade, and the Mets would pay him an annual paycheck of $1.19 million starting in 2011 and ending in 2035, adding up to a total payout of $29.8 million. A strong second half helped push Davis’ patting average back toward respectability, and he set a career high for walks with 84.