Chris Davis Trade Possible in 2019-20?

[weams]

On 7/31/2018 at 12:05 PM, Can_of_corn said:

I'm rooting for one of two things.

1- He bounces back to replacement level production the next couple of years.

2-A season or two more like this one forces the team to DFA him or him to retire.

He could get suspended. Again.

[Satyr3206]

Trade him to Berkshire Hathaway for the write off.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

46 minutes ago, Satyr3206 said:

Trade him to Berkshire Hathaway for the write off.

lBest idea I’ve read all year. 

[Roll Tide]

On 8/2/2018 at 8:23 PM, weams said:

He could get suspended. Again.

 Trade him to a Japanese club like in the movie Mr Baseball. 

Maybe they can fix the hole in his swing

[Chromehill]

51 minutes ago, Roll Tide said:

 Trade him to a Japanese club like in the movie Mr Baseball. 

Maybe they can fix the hole in his swing

That is a tall order, the hole is 17 inches wide by about 30 inches high. 

[WI O’s Fan]

How about a swap of bad contracts w sf.  Samardzija And melencon. Their contracts expire in 2020.  40 mil owed samarja and 28 owed melenan = 68 mil. Davis owed 68+ deferred.  O’s eat the deferred.  Sf saves 17 mil a year 19& 20.  Maybe o’s send 10 mil in 21.

[drjohnnyfeva]

On 7/31/2018 at 2:15 PM, oriole said:

Are there any other contracts around baseball that are comparable in their awfulness? Because the only trade we are doing involving Davis are bad contract swaps.

There are probably a few teams that look at his juicy numbers a few years ago and think they can get him back on track.  I don't think we get a player back with a bad contract.  I think we find a team willing to take him with us paying most of the contract off and just wiping him from the books.  My feeling is, they can't go into a new season with a youthful roster while Chris Davis, their signature signing and constant reminder of this year's futility, potentially flops majorly again.  They can't take that PR chance.  His days are numbered, imo.

[ScGO's]

20 minutes ago, WI O’s Fan said:

How about a swap of bad contracts w sf.  Samardzija And melencon. Their contracts expire in 2020.  40 mil owed samarja and 28 owed melenan = 68 mil. Davis owed 68+ deferred.  O’s eat the deferred.  Sf saves 17 mil a year 19& 20.  Maybe o’s send 10 mil in 21.

I like the creativity.  Where are the other crappy contracts in baseball right now?  Jordan Zimmerman is still out there and Cabrera for the Tigers.  Heyward on the Cubs.  Pujols?

[Aristotelian]

7 hours ago, Satyr3206 said:

Trade him to Berkshire Hathaway for the write off.

I highly doubt Mr. Buffett goes for that.

[wildbillhiccup]

49 minutes ago, WI O’s Fan said:

How about a swap of bad contracts w sf.  Samardzija And melencon. Their contracts expire in 2020.  40 mil owed samarja and 28 owed melenan = 68 mil. Davis owed 68+ deferred.  O’s eat the deferred.  Sf saves 17 mil a year 19& 20.  Maybe o’s send 10 mil in 21.

The problem is the players you mentioned might be overpaid, but they at least have some value. Davis has no value AND he's vastly overpaid. 

[oriole]

1 hour ago, drjohnnyfeva said:

There are probably a few teams that look at his juicy numbers a few years ago and think they can get him back on track.  I don't think we get a player back with a bad contract.  I think we find a team willing to take him with us paying most of the contract off and just wiping him from the books.  My feeling is, they can't go into a new season with a youthful roster while Chris Davis, their signature signing and constant reminder of this year's futility, potentially flops majorly again.  They can't take that PR chance.  His days are numbered, imo.

I disagree. Davis is done and everyone in MLB knows it. No one will waste a roster spot on him and the only reason the O's are is money. For real, if Davis was a FA this offseason he would have trouble finding a minor league deal. He'd find one of course, but it wouldn't be easy. 

[Redskins Rick]

6 minutes ago, oriole said:

I disagree. Davis is done and everyone in MLB knows it. No one will waste a roster spot on him and the only reason the O's are is money. For real, if Davis was a FA this offseason he would have trouble finding a minor league deal. He'd find one of course, but it wouldn't be easy. 

Some Oriole posters disregard the facts, when it comes to what they want to see happen with the club.

 

[Natty]

Pedro Alvarez has better stats with the Orioles this year. Look where he is. 

[wildbillhiccup]

2 hours ago, drjohnnyfeva said:

There are probably a few teams that look at his juicy numbers a few years ago and think they can get him back on track.  I don't think we get a player back with a bad contract.  I think we find a team willing to take him with us paying most of the contract off and just wiping him from the books.  My feeling is, they can't go into a new season with a youthful roster while Chris Davis, their signature signing and constant reminder of this year's futility, potentially flops majorly again.  They can't take that PR chance.  His days are numbered, imo.

There's really not. His ability (or lack there of) and his contract basically make him the baseball equivalent of a leper. 

[beervendor]

2 hours ago, drjohnnyfeva said:

There are probably a few teams that look at his juicy numbers a few years ago and think they can get him back on track.  I don't think we get a player back with a bad contract.  I think we find a team willing to take him with us paying most of the contract off and just wiping him from the books.  My feeling is, they can't go into a new season with a youthful roster while Chris Davis, their signature signing and constant reminder of this year's futility, potentially flops majorly again.  They can't take that PR chance.  His days are numbered, imo.

There's also the PR nightmare scenario where the team eats the contract and Davis goes on to find a moderate (or stunning) resurgence with another team. Currently, the team has only made one enormous miscalculation and a large portion of blame has fallen on the player. The money is spent either way, does the downside of blocking a prospect outweigh the risk of royally and very publicly screwing the proverbial pooch *AGAIN*? Laughingstock wouldn't begin to describe it. Not advocating any particular approach, just sayin...