Baltimore Orioles: Exclusivity on Chris Davis

Yesterday I wrote about how ownership appears to want to keep Chris Davis in a Baltimore Orioles uniform. However in saying that, keep in mind that this week the O’s are still the only team that can negotiate with Davis. For now, that is.

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While free agency technically begins as soon as the World Series is over, for a period of five days free agents are only allowed to talk to their original team (or the team with whom their contract is expiring) to negotiate contracts. So from the Orioles’ standpoint, perhaps free agency doesn’t begin for Davis and the rest of their pending free agents until Saturday. Unfortunately these rules are still easy to skirt.

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All an agent or a player has to do is basically stonewall the team for that period of time and then hit the free agent market at the end. I’m not in any way suggesting that Davis himself would do that or would want to do that. But as I’ve said previously, we all know that his agent is Scott Boras.

At the end of the day, the reason that Boras is considered the best agent in baseball is because he gets the very best deal possible for his clients. In doing that, he’s about as cut throat as they come at times. I suspect that the first thing Boras tells a prospective client thinking about signing with him is to throw loyalty out the window when it comes to signing extensions. Obviously if your original club offers the best deal, they’ll take it – but he’s out for money, not loyalty.

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