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

[Can_of_corn]

No interest, too.

They offered to put it in the stock market...

[Number5]

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

Yes!!! Much better. Now I am a happy camper.

[Ripken]

7/119.

[Can_of_corn]

What's the record amount of deferred money in baseball? This has to be close.

Scherzer.

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/106764378/nationals-max-scherzer-agree-to-seven-year-210-million-contract

half of Scherzer's seven-year deal with the Nationals will be deferred; he'll receive $15 million per year for 14 years.

[Can_of_corn]

Honestly, this is a nice safety net for the player. More players should be open to this.

I was just trying to be topical.

[DrungoHazewood]

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

The interest-free deferrals probably amount to a savings of, what... $15M, maybe $20M?

[Chavez Ravine]

The terms don't change the downside performance/roster space risk that much, but it greatly reduces the risk that this sclerifies the team's financial flexibility.

[tom_o'malley]

The interest-free deferrals probably amount to a savings of, what... $15M, maybe $20M?

Net present value $128m per olney

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[Uli2001]

With so much money deferred, I change my tune. The Orioles FO was in charge the whole time and Angelos only gave it his stamp of approval.

Someone said early on the thread that Scott Boras is all about getting the big number on the headline. That is the case here. I think Davis wanted to stay, the O's wanted him, and this is how they made it past Boras.

[weams]

Olney says current value about 128

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/OriolesUpdates8">@oriolesupdates8</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/masnRoch">@masnroch</a> About $128 million.</p>— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) <a href="

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

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[Can_of_corn]

The interest-free deferrals probably amount to a savings of, what... $15M, maybe $20M?

I was going to guess 135M actual value.

But it would be a guess.

So I am guessing Boras' fee isn't deferred right?

[TonySoprano]

Mr. and Mrs. Chris Davis will still be able to shop at Target for 15 years after he leaves Baltimore #firstworldproblems

[SamsHorn]

With so much money deferred, I change my tune. The Orioles FO was in charge the whole time and Angelos only gave it his stamp of approval.

Someone said early on the thread that Scott Boras is all about getting the big number on the headline. That is the case here. I think Davis wanted to stay, the O's wanted him, and this is how they made it past Boras.

Ding. Ding. Ding.

[TradeAngelos]

Does everyone realize Davis is still getting 23m a year (in cash or later)from 2016-2022?

He isn't making 17m, he is making 23m a year for his 7 years here. It is nice he gave us an interest free small portion loan, but that is all it is...a loan.

That money will be accounted for.

[weams]

With so much money deferred, I change my tune. The Orioles FO was in charge the whole time and Angelos only gave it his stamp of approval.

Someone said early on the thread that Scott Boras is all about getting the big number on the headline. That is the case here. I think Davis wanted to stay, the O's wanted him, and this is how they made it past Boras.

Again, we don't really know that the net value of the initial offer was 150. But that is how it was reported. From the 154.