O's Offer to Davis Off the Table

[connja]

I don't know, Boras is pretty good agent.

Boras has been burned many times.

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[bpilktree]

I don't know, Boras is pretty good agent.

Drew and Morales may disagree with that.

[mdbdotcom]

Does Boras have other guys working on deals with his other clients. The number of clients he has would be hard to keep track of all them and the offerens and counter offers to and from teams.

From Wikipedia

The Boras Corporation operates out of a $20 million, 23,000-square-foot (2,100 m2), two-story, glass-and-steel building in Newport Beach, California[26] The corporate headquarters includes a kitchen, laundry room, gym, shower, lounge, 70 flat-screen televisions and a large patio with a 15-foot (4.6 m) tall waterfall, fire pit and barbecue.[27] Boras' subsidiary companies include Boras Marketing (memorabilia, marketing, and endorsements)[28] and the Boras Sports Training Institute (strength/conditioning and sports psychology).[29] Many of Boras's 75-person staff are former major leaguers, including Bob Brower, Don Carman, Bill Caudill, Scott Chiamparino, Mike Fischlin, Calvin Murray, Jeff Musselman, Domingo Ramos and Kurt Stillwell, and the company has scouts spread across the United States, Asia and Latin America.[13][26][30][31] Boras's staff also includes an MIT-trained economist, a former NASA computer engineer, three lawyers, five personal trainers, an investment team (although Boras' firm does not provide investment services for clients),[32] a sports psychologist, a 14-person research staff and an employee charged with watching each day's games and sending information to Boras.

[Stotle]

If you want to sign Machado long term you have to root against a Davis signing. Unless you believe Baltimore is going to overlap $20+ MM/year for multiple years of Davis with $25-30+ MM/year for multiple years of Machado. I just don't see Baltimore entering 2019 owing ~$50 MM to Davis and Machado.

[Orioles West]

If you want to sign Machado long term you have to root against a Davis signing. Unless you believe Baltimore is going to overlap $20+ MM/year for multiple years of Davis with $25-30+ MM/year for multiple years of Machado. I just don't see Baltimore entering 2019 owing ~$50 MM to Davis and Machado.

Fair point, but I think maybe this is why PA was pushing so hard for Davis - he isn't sure Machado will stay. I thought DD said we tried for an early extension once, and it didn't go well. I'm greedy, I want both, but I would definitely prefer an all out push to keep Manny an Oriole for the long term.

-Don

[joeyc]

I don't think this is over. Not yet. Stay tuned.

I hope it is over. I'd rather use that money for several players instead of one. How about Upton and Alex Gordon. What an outfield we'd have then.

[jerm13]

I don't buy the Detroit rumor. They already have Cabrera at 1B and V-Mart at DH.

Davis can be their every day RF, and then spell Cabrera at 1st

[Tx Oriole]

Best of luck Crush- you'll be stealing $ from someone- just not us.

https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN

Just say no to CD. I think the O's don't really need him.

IMO

[lovetoaster]

If you want to sign Machado long term you have to root against a Davis signing. Unless you believe Baltimore is going to overlap $20+ MM/year for multiple years of Davis with $25-30+ MM/year for multiple years of Machado. I just don't see Baltimore entering 2019 owing ~$50 MM to Davis and Machado.

True, but I think we need to spend that money somehow to stay competitive to make Machado want to stay. Now, that money may be better spent spread out to multiple players, but I think we need to show that we are willing to spend it in some manner. I am not one of those "break out the blank checks on all FAs" guys, but I think we are going to have to spend a little more in coming years.

[fansince71]

I hope it is over. I'd rather use that money for several players instead of one. How about Upton and Alex Gordon. What an outfield we'd have then.

Gordon and Upton will cost you 300M....thats not happening.

[Sir_Loin]

I don't buy the Detroit rumor. They already have Cabrera at 1B and V-Mart at DH.

LF

Then can move to 1B or DH.

[lovetoaster]

Gordon and Upton will cost you 300M....thats not happening.

Yep, that's exceptionally unlikely. One or the other, not both.

I don't know if it will be $300M, but it will be well over $200M.

[lovetoaster]

LF

Then can move to 1B or DH.

That's a big outfield to have Davis lumbering around in. He is an athletic guy, but I think he plays a lot better in a smaller outfield.

[Sir_Loin]

If you want to sign Machado long term you have to root against a Davis signing. Unless you believe Baltimore is going to overlap $20+ MM/year for multiple years of Davis with $25-30+ MM/year for multiple years of Machado. I just don't see Baltimore entering 2019 owing ~$50 MM to Davis and Machado.

Dan Lozano won't be an easy negotiation for a Machado either. Agents want to get paid. Lozano got A Rod, and Pujols huge deals.

[El Gordo]

I'd like to see Davis forced to take a pillow contract so he can try to get BOS pick him up next year.