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Old 08-12-2021, 10:30 AM   #1
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Default Chris Davis Retires
Poor guy.

https://news.yahoo.com/orioles-chris...144800658.html
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Old 08-12-2021, 10:33 AM   #2
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Poor guy? Dude made $160M and sucked.

I wish we all could be so "poor".
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Old 08-12-2021, 10:39 AM   #3
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With a sweet 196 avg during his contract extension
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Old 08-12-2021, 10:41 AM   #4
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Davis turned one great season into huge $$$

Do not feel sorry for him

Feel sorry for Orioles fans who had to endure 200 K's, .150 AVG, and .100 RISP per season for years
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Old 08-12-2021, 10:43 AM   #5
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Poor guy? Dude made $160M and sucked.

I wish we all could be so "poor".
Say what you want about the contract, but Davis didn't suck.

Over a 5-year run, averaged about 40 HR, 100 RBI, 130+ OPS, and helped get the O's to an ALCS.

Shame he couldn't keep it up due to whatever reasons (shift, injury, ADHD).
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Old 08-12-2021, 10:55 AM   #6
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His retirement will be better than yours or mine will ever be.
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Old 08-12-2021, 10:59 AM   #7
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His retirement will be better than yours or mine will ever be.
^ this, by a lot.
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Old 08-12-2021, 11:57 AM   #8
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1852 SO
1160 H

Quite the ratio there
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Old 08-12-2021, 12:00 PM   #9
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Say what you want about the contract, but Davis didn't suck.

Over a 5-year run, averaged about 40 HR, 100 RBI, 130+ OPS, and helped get the O's to an ALCS.

Shame he couldn't keep it up due to whatever reasons (shift, injury, ADHD).

Um, ok.
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Old 08-12-2021, 12:02 PM   #10
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The Orioles are relieved.
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Old 08-12-2021, 12:05 PM   #11
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He’s Kevin Love (who also was once good and put up huge counting stats)

“Over the course of that contract, Davis hit .196 with 92 home runs and 762 strikeouts in 1,851 at-bats, and the Orioles slid from a wild-card berth in 2016 to complete irrelevance as the doormat of the American League East”
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Old 08-12-2021, 12:08 PM   #12
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Isn't this standard for 95% of MLB players? They all suck and end up on a yacht.
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Old 08-12-2021, 12:09 PM   #13
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So he saved the O's $30M
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Old 08-12-2021, 12:10 PM   #14
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in a macabre way, I checked the box score for his name every day over the last few years. He will me missed, but nowhere near as much as he missed baseballs.
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So he saved the O's $30M
he probably saved the O's $5 million, and their insurance company $25 million
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he probably saved the O's $5 million, and their insurance company $25 million
According to what I've read, he's going to get paid out the rest of his contract. It'll be done over time, similar to Bobby Bonilla.

That's how you retire.
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say what you will about his performance over the last several years, any criticism is warranted but don't forget all of the positive things he did for that community - he should be applauded for those efforts.
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he probably saved the O's $5 million, and their insurance company $25 million
If injury won't let him play again he will get paid out by insurance. Same thing happened with Prince Fielder when he had to retire due to injury insurance continued to pay out rest of his contract.
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So he saved the O's $30M
He still getting paid

Just restructuring the deal
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say what you will about his performance over the last several years, any criticism is warranted but don't forget all of the positive things he did for that community - he should be applauded for those efforts.
Which you can say about a crap ton of players

Doesn’t make them not a colossal flop and/or waste of money
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Um, ok.
I'm just saying that the O's didn't just hand a rando off the street a $160 million contract. Prior to the deal, he was an MVP candidate and put up the aforementioned numbers. He certainly didn't "suck" until more recently.
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I'm just saying that the O's didn't just hand a rando off the street a $160 million contract. Prior to the deal, he was an MVP candidate and put up the aforementioned numbers. He certainly didn't "suck" until more recently.
He was only a real MVP candidate exactly ONCE.
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in a macabre way, I checked the box score for his name every day over the last few years. He will me missed, but nowhere near as much as he missed baseballs.
Da-da-dat, nice one SG !
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He was only a real MVP candidate exactly ONCE.
And that season earned him a $160 million contract. And if the O's hadn't have given it to him, some other team would have.
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I saw that and thought he retired like 5 years ago
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