Can we stop with the,"Davis won't be on the roster next year" stuff?

[higgybaby]

I'm not saying he won't be back, I don't think anyone is, just there is a decent possibility.

Define "decent chance he won't be back."

Because I think it's nearly a 100% chance he will be.

[Orioles4Life21]

I'm a big time Davis fanboy but I can definitely see the case for letting him go. I think he'll be back though. I'd project him to be around .250/.320/.500 next year. I'll sign up for those numbers.

[birrman54]

What happened to the "No such thing as a bad 1 year deal" crowd?

[waroriole]

Define "decent chance he won't be back."

Because I think it's nearly a 100% chance he will be.

30-40%. This includes trade too.

[LoyalBirdFan]

He might be back, then again he might not. It's as simple as that.

[higgybaby]

I wouldn't take that to Vegas. But we will see, I guess.

[El Gordo]

It depends ultimately on how they want to distribute their payroll. It's going to be ~$10-12 million to have Davis on your roster next year.

I agree that he'll be back, but it's not out of the question that he could get traded or non-tendered.

Not going to get any thing back in trade that makes us a better team in the near future. One year rental with PED and performance question marks? What would you spend the 10-12 M saved on? Miller? Cruz? What other FA's?

[atomic]

I see him getting trade for not much. Did you think Mark Reynolds and Jim Johnson would be back because I see him in their situation.

[LoyalBirdFan]

I see him getting trade for not much. Did you think Mark Reynolds and Jim Johnson would be back because I see him in their situation.

I compared Chris and Mark once, that didn't go over real well. It might be OK now though.

[El Gordo]

Like I said, I'd expect him to be back, and that would probably be my move as well. But yeah, it's not hard to spread $10 million around to other areas of need.

Yes it is hard. What is available in FA in those areas of need?

[saltman241]

Define "decent chance he won't be back."

Because I think it's nearly a 100% chance he will be.

I'm with this guy.

[PeteU]

He will be on the roster Opening Day (or whenever his suspension's done.) Whether he's still with us by the trade deadline is a big question, and depends as much on the team's performance as it does his.

I'm pretty sure he'll end up with numbers somewhere in between his 2013 and 2014 numbers.

[Guest]

It's 50/50 Davis comes back. I think Dan is gonna have a problem with giving a guy 10 to 14m in 2015 when he's 1 test away from missing 80 games. Davis had 1 great year and that's it.

[Ruzious]

I think it's significantly less than 50%. He's got so many things to prove to the powers that be, and they have to be concerned about how letting him back affects their credibility - particularly with his teammates. And I think that was emphasized big time when Buck put it to a vote of the players as to whether or not to put him on a post-season roster.

[birrman54]

It's 50/50 Davis comes back. I think Dan is gonna have a problem with giving a guy 10 to 14m in 2015 when he's 1 test away from missing 80 games. Davis had 1 great year and that's it.

Davis won't get anywhere close to 14M.

Duquette didn't seem to mind giving Cruz 8M when he was 1 test away from missing more games.