A year ago this week, during a portion of the baseball calendar when deals are traditionally struck for cut-rate prices, Chris Davis agreed in principle to a pact that will pay the first baseman $161 million and keep him in an Orioles uniform for seven years.
With a season under that deal completed, the main question remains, and it's just as difficult to answer now as it was then: can he live up to the deal?
Davis’ 2016 season was an inconsistent one, with his 38 home runs and 83 RBIs the bright spots of a year that saw him strike out a major league-high 219 times while batting .