Would You Trade Chris Davis in a Salary Dump

[Aristotelian]

What team is going to take Davis' contract? Name one.

I am prepared to offer a prospect or two and some salary relief (not $80M). Maybe the Mets or Rockies.

[theobird]

Too late. We signed the guy to one of the stupidest contracts in sports history, and now we will have to live with it. And it will be even more painful going forward.

[Babypowder]

CD bounce's back next year with .270 45hr 120rbi and this thread will be resurrected and totally laughed at.

That's precisely when I will be on board with moving him.

[MDtransplant757]

I would try to, but I don't think we can.

[tntoriole]

I think it will be revealed this offseason that he has had some type of hand injury that never completely healed and believe that he will bounce back next season to better numbers.

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[Frobby]

Serious question, 3.2 WAR is not worth $17M these days?

I'm including the deferred portion of his comp. He's not going to be earning any WAR when he gets that money, so you have to allocate it to now.

[backwardsk]

I'm including the deferred portion of his comp. He's not going to be earning any WAR when he gets that money, so you have to allocate it to now.

That's fair, but we need to discount the remaining $6M and not say his 2016 cost is $23M. Isn't one WAR worth $8M? I understand that it's not linear, so help me understand how much he was worth in 2016 if one were to subscribe to WAR.

[ChuckS]

I would dump him in a second.

Not sure I could include Mountcastle though. Would do Reyes in a heart beat.

The team would never do it though. Not going to eat crow this early on in the contract. Year 3 or 4, maybe and I'm sure we will be picking up some of the bill.

[ChuckS]

That's fair, but we need to discount the remaining $6M and not say his 2016 cost is $23M. Isn't one WAR worth $8M? I understand that it's not linear, so help me understand how much he was worth in 2016 if one were to subscribe to WAR.

Isn't one WAR supposed to be worth about 5 mil or is it more now? He couldn't have been worth more than 15 mil this season.

[Can_of_corn]

Isn't one WAR supposed to be worth about 5 mil or is it more now? He couldn't have been worth more than 15 mil this season.

Eight.

Of course him being worth his cost in year one doesn't exactly instill me with confidence about the rest of the contract.

[Redskins Rick]

Isn't one WAR supposed to be worth about 5 mil or is it more now? He couldn't have been worth more than 15 mil this season.

I thought it was closer to 8 mil for 1 WAR.

[Redskins Rick]

I do not see the sanity of trading a player away and then playing for them to play for another team.

If would be like divorcing your wife and then paying her alimony when she remarries somebody else.

[Can_of_corn]

I do not see the sanity of trading a player away and then playing for them to play for another team.

If would be like divorcing your wife and then paying her alimony when she remarries somebody else.

If she spends 60K/year of your money when married and only 10K of your money when divorced that gives you 50K to spend on escorts.

[Redskins Rick]

If she spends 60K/year of your money when married and only 10K of your money when divorced that gives you 50K to spend on escorts.

LOL

Nice come back, but you haven't swayed my opinion.

[Aristotelian]

I do not see the sanity of trading a player away and then playing for them to play for another team.

If would be like divorcing your wife and then paying her alimony when she remarries somebody else.

Better than staying married. Sometimes you are better off cutting your losses.