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Anyone reading this -- regardless of their age or physical condition -- could go ZERO-for-44 at the plate in baseball competition at any level. But when you're getting paid more than $17 million a season, as Chris Davis of the Baltimore Orioles is, you're a big-time bust and failure, to say the least.
Davis, who last season had the worst-ever batting average (.168) of any hitter with enough at-bats to qualify for a Major League batting title, ended 2018 with 21 consecutive hitless at-bats, and this season, he's 0-for-23 with 13 strikeouts. And in 2018, Davis led all of baseball in striking out, doing so 37 percent of the time.
The Baltimore franchise is saddled with what may be the worst contract ever negotiated at the big-league level. Three years ago, the Orioles gave Davis a 7-year, $161 million package, and the team will be stuck with ramifications of it for 18 more years. That's because Davis' contract not only calls for $17 million a season until 2023, the remainder of the contract is deferred. After 2023, the inept first baseman will receive $3.5 million per year until 2032, and then $1.4 million per year until 2037.
It probably won't, but it should make front offices throughout baseball think twice before offering such huge, long-term contracts. And how would you like to make $17 million a year while being a total failure at your job?
Davis, who last season had the worst-ever batting average (.168) of any hitter with enough at-bats to qualify for a Major League batting title, ended 2018 with 21 consecutive hitless at-bats, and this season, he's 0-for-23 with 13 strikeouts. And in 2018, Davis led all of baseball in striking out, doing so 37 percent of the time.
The Baltimore franchise is saddled with what may be the worst contract ever negotiated at the big-league level. Three years ago, the Orioles gave Davis a 7-year, $161 million package, and the team will be stuck with ramifications of it for 18 more years. That's because Davis' contract not only calls for $17 million a season until 2023, the remainder of the contract is deferred. After 2023, the inept first baseman will receive $3.5 million per year until 2032, and then $1.4 million per year until 2037.
It probably won't, but it should make front offices throughout baseball think twice before offering such huge, long-term contracts. And how would you like to make $17 million a year while being a total failure at your job?