Could the Detroit Tigers enter the Chris Davis sweepstakes?
The O’s skipper appeared to point at agent Scott Boras when he said, “That’s not surprising at all the way that camp does business”.
Davis’ return to Baltimore likely takes the Orioles out of the running on another big-name free agent who’d been linked to the team in Yoenis Cespedes, perhaps opening up the likelihood of a return to the Mets.
Orioles team owner Peter Angelos wants the left-handed on his team, but he won’t wait for him as they reportedly gave a deadline.
Davis is a two-time victor of the MVO award, first during his breakout 2013 season, when he led the majors with his 53 homers and 138 RBIs and finished third place in the American League Most Valuable Player voting.
Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe thinks it’s a possibility as he calls the Tigers a “sleeper” in the Davis sweepstakes. Don’t rule out a deal between the Orioles and Rockies for Gonzalez, either. “The Tigers. He could play left field”.
The market has been slow for Davis who has been sitting on an offer of seven-years, approximately $150-million from the Orioles since the Winter Meetings. The slugging first baseman can resign with Baltimore as the offer is still on the table, per the Baltimore Sun. A sleeper team for Davis?