The Orioles having a Chris Davis problem has been apparent for longer than just his current MLB record 0-for-49 streak. There’s something about record-setting futility that makes what was already a clear mistake reach a new level of disaster. Once you reach failure like that, nobody wants to be thought responsible.
That includes, apparently, Stephen J.K. Walters, who served as economic advisor to the Orioles from 2012-18 during the tenure of Dan Duquette. Walters published an op-ed in The Baltimore Sun on Tuesday in which he offered some insight about what happened that led to the Davis signing, and made sure to state that he was not to blame.