Davis Signs With Baltimore (7/$161M, incl $42M deferred)

[Can_of_corn]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chris Davis contract structure: $17m annual salary 2016-2022. Annual payments $3.5m 2022-31, then $1.4m 2032-36. No interest on deferrals.</p>— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/688460234487128064">January 16, 2016</a></blockquote>

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Yea, that ain't close to 161M in actual value.

[Satyr3206]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chris Davis contract structure: $17m annual salary 2016-2022. Annual payments $3.5m 2022-31, then $1.4m 2032-36. No interest on deferrals.</p>— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/688460234487128064">January 16, 2016</a></blockquote>

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Wonder how much this changes opinions about the deal?

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chris Davis contract structure: $17m annual salary 2016-2022. Annual payments $3.5m 2022-31, then $1.4m 2032-36. No interest on deferrals.</p>— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/688460234487128064">January 16, 2016</a></blockquote>

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He can work with Brady. Forever!

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Wonder how much this changes opinions about the deal?

Sounds like a value of a lot less than the 150 that the original 154 with deferral was. But of course we don't know any of that.

[Can_of_corn]

Yeah but that is an injury that could happen to virtually any player and he can obviously bounce back from it. Leg injuries to guys who are primarily speedsters that usually spells the beginning of the end of their careers.

This is way too much money for Davis, but it is a signal that they are willing to spend big dollars for the right players.

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I wouldn't categorize Heyward as being primarily a speedster.

Anyway guys with the speedster profile age better then 3TO guys.

[TonySoprano]

He can work with Brady. Forever!

$42M deferred at no interest. Does everyone feel better at $17M/year? By comparison, Jones is getting $50M the next 3 years, Davis $51M.

[weams]

The Max Scherzer deal!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So Chris Davis's deal with the Orioles will pay out over the next 22 years.</p>— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) <a href="

">January 16, 2016</a></blockquote>

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[Can_of_corn]

Wonder how much this changes opinions about the deal?

I still don't like it but it isn't as onerous. I said from the start that if Boras got a larger contract then 154 from the O's it would be on paper only.

[Number5]

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Roch Kubatko ‏@masnRoch

Told deal with Chris Davis is for less money than Cespedes was seeking

I missed this in all the info barrage. Interesting...

They say a watched pot never boils. I have been checking in religiously for days, then on a day I leave out early to ref a bunch of basketball games - bang - I come home to the big news and have to spend more than an hour catching up on all the threads. :laughlol:

The above post featuring Roch's quote was lost in the shuffle a bit. I wonder what Roch means by this. Maybe the deferred money is much greater than I thought, bringing the today-value of the deal down to what Cespedes was asking for (which I believe was $132 million).

The little boy in me is very happy that we have Crush coming back. I really wanted him to stay. Without knowing the deferred money details, though, I am surprised at the 7/$161 million price tag. I really thought that if we signed Davis, it would be for less than the 7/$154 million offered at the winter meetings.

I voted for Davis in the poll, based on the prices given (Davis @ 6/$125 IIRC), but I was getting excited yesterday at the prospect of Cespedes for 5/$90 million.

Whew, what a roller coaster ride!

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Orioles?src=hash">#Orioles</a> will defer $42M without interest in Chris Davis’ seven-year, $161M free-agent contract, per <a href="https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN">@Buster_ESPN</a>.</p>— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) <a href="

">January 16, 2016</a></blockquote>

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[Yardball85]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chris Davis contract structure: $17m annual salary 2016-2022. Annual payments $3.5m 2022-31, then $1.4m 2032-36. No interest on deferrals.</p>— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/688460234487128064">January 16, 2016</a></blockquote>

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Man. That makes this deal so much more palatable. Essentially 7 years $102M over the life of the contract.

[Yardball85]

Man. That makes this deal so much more palatable. Essentially 7 years $102M over the life of the contract.

Oops, forgot how to do math. 7 years $119M. Still, not bad.

[Satyr3206]

I like it much better knowing this. $17 is borderline team friendly.

I agree. And apparently someone is a pretty good negotiator. That's a lot of deferred money.

[baltfan]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chris Davis contract structure: $17m annual salary 2016-2022. Annual payments $3.5m 2022-31, then $1.4m 2032-36. No interest on deferrals.</p>— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/688460234487128064">January 16, 2016</a></blockquote>

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$42 mm deferred

[O's84]

Dear God, how did we pay more for Davis? PA no doubt leading the risky charge. I'm happy to have him back, better than nothing at all but that's too much $.