Orioles' $161 million signing ranked as 2nd-worst free agent deal in MLB history
This massive deal did not work out at all for the Orioles.
Orioles' $161 million signing ranked as 2nd-worst free agent deal in MLB history originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Baltimore Orioles have made a ton of free agent signings in their franchise history, though not all of them have been great.
This season, Ryan Helsley looks to be a great pickup, while Pete Alonso is off to a bit of a slow start. But even Alonso's slow start cannot compare to the issues the Orioles had with a different free-agent signing. As ESPN's Bradford Doolittle noted, the Orioles' $161 million free agent signing from back in 2016 with Chris Davis was ranked as the 2nd-worst free agent signing in MLB history for a few clear reasons.
Orioles' Chris Davis $161M deal ranked 2nd worst in MLB history "But this contract went from questionable to terrifying with each season of Davis' plummeting OPS, which was . 923 during his platform season," Doolittle writes. "Then: .
792, . 732, . 539, .