All winter, the Orioles made it clear that Trey Mancini was going to be at spring training as their primary first baseman, allowing Anthony Santander and Ryan Mountcastle to be full-time corner outfielders.
That means Chris Davis is either going to be an expensive bench bat or designated hitter, albeit one who has been one of the least productive hitters in baseball for three years running. He has every right to see out his contract and be paid what he was owed, even as he referred to himself in December as “one big lump that they’re kind of stuck with.