Ken Griffey Jr. is the fourth-highest-paid Cincinnati Red. He's not the only former player leading team payrolls.
We promise that this is a good thing, or at least it could be. When the Orioles signed Franchy Cordero back in December, he seemed like just another meek attempt at filling the Orioles’ need for a left-handed power hitter.
Former Baltimore Orioles player Chris Davis, who announced his retirement in August 2021, will still collect a sizable amount of money for the next few years.
Sometimes, when sports teams sign players to long-term contracts and pour a bunch of money into the deal, it works out. Other times, maybe not so much.
When the Orioles arrive in Sarasota, Florida for spring training, Chris Davis will be missing for the first time in a decade. Davis, who retired quietly last August 12th, was supposed to be preparing for the final year of his seven-year, $161 million contract, but a back injury wouldn’t let him play any longer.
The circumstances are different, but like Bonilla, Davis will be getting paid by the Orioles for a long time.
Trey Mancini had been teammates with Chris Davis for a long stretch. Mancini came up for the end of the 2016 season, was active that year for the American League wild card game and had been teammates with Davis since then.
On May 6, 2012, the Orioles and Boston Red Sox were tied, 6-6, through 15 innings. Manager Buck Showalter had burned through his bullpen. Only Brian Matusz, who was scheduled to start the next night, and third-string catcher Luis Exposito were left.
On the day that Chris Davis announced his retirement, Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch decided to rest slugger Miguel Cabrera, one home run short of .500.
As he sat in the dugout for his pregame interview today, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde was asked about the retirement of first baseman Chris Davis. Hyde managed Davis for 105 games in the 2019 season and 16 games last season.
Davis was an MVP candidate in 2013 when he hit .286/.370/.634 with a whopping 53 home runs, on top of tallying 72 RBI and 103 runs scored on 167 hits.
Orioles general manager Mike Elias announced Wednesday that Chris Davis has undergone season-ending arthroscopic surgery on his left hip.
It’s the latest unfortunate development for the 35-year-old Davis, whose career has been an abject disaster since the Orioles re-signed him to a seven-year, $161M contract before 2016.
A last-place finish in the American League East in 2017 convinced Orioles management the team needed to jettison vets and start over. This rebuilding project clearly is going to take awhile, Justin Mears writes.
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