Baltimore orioles charge Chris Davis €20.5 million today: insuspicious issue…
What happens when your skills suddenly, irreversibly erode and yet you’re still baseball’s most overpaid player? For Chris Davis, you handle your demise with class and dignity.
There’s no doubt that Baltimore Orioles first baseman Chris Davis is handling himself the right way. Plenty of players in his position would be defensive or in denial about their decline. Not Davis.
After hitting 159 home runs in a four-year span, Baltimore locked Davis up to a seven-year, $161 million contract extension. In the four seasons since he’s hit 80, with 38 of those coming in 2016, his first year of the deal. As Eddie Matz of ESPN.com expertly documented, Davis was mercilessly booed by the Baltimore fans on Thursday during its home opener, an 8-4 loss to the New York Yankees. They were fed up and frustrated with a player signed to one of the worst contracts ever for a position player.
”I understand the frustration,” Davis said. “Nobody’s more frustrated than I am. Especially a day like today.”
