March 18: Davis would earn $750K for reaching 500 plate appearances and another $250K if he reaches 550 plate appearances, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
March 16: The Athletics have now officially announced Davis’ one-year deal for the 2024 season.
March 15: The A’s have reportedly agreed to terms with third baseman J.D. Davis on a one-year, $2.5MM free agent contract. The deal, which is pending a physical and has not yet been announced by the team, contains an additional $1MM in performance bonuses. The infielder is represented by ALIGND Sports Management.
Davis stays in the Bay Area after being released by the Giants on Monday. His time in San Francisco ended on an acrimonious note. Pushed out of the starting lineup by the signings of Jorge Soler and Matt Chapman, he was arguably a redundant fit on the San Francisco roster. The Giants also carry Wilmer Flores as a righty-hitting corner infield/DH option.
That prompted San Francisco to shop Davis on the trade market. When no deal presented itself, the Giants placed him on outright waivers. The hope was that another team would claim him and assume the $6.9MM salary which his camp had won in an arbitration hearing in February. None of the other 29 teams took that on, leading the Giants to put Davis on release waivers.
While he was no longer a great roster fit in San Francisco, the release was clearly motivated in large part by finances. Under the collective bargaining agreement, arbitration-eligible players who settle on a contract without going to a hearing are entitled to their full salary even if they’re released. Arbitration salaries determined in a hearing — whether in favor of the player or team — are not fully guaranteed until Opening Day. By releasing Davis more than 15 days before the start of the regular season, the Giants were only responsible for 30 days termination pay. That checked in a little above $1.1MM.
Davis’ deal with the A’s brings his guaranteed money for the upcoming season around $3.6MM. If he hits all of his incentives, he could get to around $4.6MM in earnings. The end of his Giants tenure will cost Davis a few million dollars, although he’ll at least have a clear path to everyday reps.
Oakland was likely to go into the year with either Abraham Toro or Darell Hernaiz logging the majority of their third base work. Toro is a career .211/.282/.354 hitter who spent most of last season in Triple-A with the Brewers. Hernaiz is a talented prospect, but he has yet to make his big league debut. Even if Hernaiz hits his way to the majors this year, he could push defensive specialist Nick Allen for playing time at shortstop. The A’s grabbed Miguel Andújar off waivers from the Pirates early in the offseason. He’s still on the roster but has played mostly in the corner outfield over the past few seasons.
Davis should be a clear upgrade over that group. The 30-year-old (31 in April) has been an above-average hitter in each of the last five seasons. Last year’s .248/.325/.413 batting line was his worst rate production since he emerged in 2019. Still, he played in a career-high 144 games and connected on 18 home runs. Davis has above-average power and draws a fair number of walks. He strikes out at a higher than average rate, yet his .268/.352/.443 slash of the last five years could earn him a spot in the middle third of Mark Kotsay’s lineup.
With between five and six years of major league service, Davis will head back to free agency next offseason. The opportunity to play on an everyday basis is surely appealing as he tries to establish himself as the #3 third base option in a free agent class that’ll include Alex Bregman and, if he opts out, Chapman. Improving his defensive grades would be a big boost to his market value. Davis has typically rated as a fringy defender. Public metrics were split on his value last season. Defensive Runs Saved had him among the least effective third basemen at 11 runs below average in 915 2/3 innings. Statcast was a lot more impressed, rating him four runs better than par.
Davis also drew interest from the Mets this week. Joel Sherman of the New York Post tweets that he chose the A’s in part because of the guarantee that he’ll play on a regular basis. He reunites with former Giants teammates Ross Stripling, Alex Wood and Scott Alexander as veteran additions to the A’s clubhouse. As with any veteran joining a rebuilding team on a one-year deal, he’d be a clear trade candidate this summer if he’s playing at his typical level.
Oakland’s player payroll now sits around $61MM, as calculated by RosterResource. That is a little above last season’s approximate $57MM Opening Day mark but still sits last in MLB by a country mile. The A’s have a full 40-man roster and will need to make a corresponding move once the contract is finalized.
Robert Murray of FanSided first reported the A’s and Davis were in agreement. MassLive’s Chris Cotillo had previously suggested the A’s were showing interest in Davis. Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic reported it was a one-year, $2.5MM guarantee with $1MM in performance bonuses.
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Weird
Yea im sure he had higher offers or at leat the same on better teams. He just wants to stay in the bay at least this year as he has intended all along. As a bonus he will be traded to a contender and okay some post season ball so its a win win all the way around. This really is the best out come for JD and it certainly is a boom for the A’s as they have actually added someone of substance. They may sell a few extra tickets and ideally get a good return on him at the deadline.
I doubt they’re going to sell any extra tickets from signing JD Davis.
Unless JD Davis goes Super Nova and breaks Aaron Judge’s AL homerun record he isn’t going to sell any extra tickets for the anywhere but Oakland A’s.
No one goes to Oakland. They end up there.
Yet, JD Davis decided to go there….
No other takers at any price. It looks like the season will start with several unsigned players.
Billy Beane went to Oakland…
Think real hard and you will maybe understand you made my point.
Just saying he had a chance to get a job in Boston and he chose not to… I see where you are getting at, but I don’t believe “no one goes to Oakland.”
@fjmendez In truth, he ended up there.
A’s should throw a big FU ball at MLB and their fans (not A’s fan, but MLB fans)by signing Bauer and putting a C on his jersey.
FUB
Muted
From northern California, doesn’t have to leave area. If he does well which he’ll get everyday at bats he’ll likely be traded around deadline
he will be their all star rep this year
Did not see that coming
He lives in CA
Yeah, that’s my thought. Even if he had better offers. Not having to move at this point in his career is certainly an incentive.
@Billg7987 Yes, ballplayers nearing the end of their careers, who never made serious money, are notorious for taking a million less so that they can get back to their homes a few more times during the season.
He is from Elk Grove which is about 100 miles from Oakland, just south of Sacramento.
Thundering turds. Dude cost himself $3+ mil by spouting off when Chapman signed
This move would have happened if he said nothing at all. He was redundant in San Francisco.
Nah, he cost himself by being a mediocre player fighting an arbitration battle. The money was all guaranteed if he had taken a little less.
I mean..he’s better than what they had, I guess..
They are slowly building their new playoff core. A group of Noda, Langeliers, Butler, Rooker, Allen, Sears, and Gelof will be fun to watch these upcoming years.
Lol they’ll all be traded by 2027.
Yeah most likely, but it doesn’t negate the fact that it will be the next playoff core. Here is a hot take: A’s will make it to the playoffs again in 2025-2027.
That’s your hot take? You predicted a team would make the playoffs over a three year stretch in sport where you barely have to be .500.
First they have to play from 2025-2027.
The Vegas Dealers.
2026 AL West winners.
2027 AL Champions
2028 name changed to the Strippers
Hot Take: JD Davis out performs Matt Chapman in 2024 in HRs, Total Bases and AVG.
And still bring less value because defense matters
I don’t think you know what value is. You are paying a guy twenty million dollars more a year to bring less offense but better defense. Do you think that better defense is worth the twenty million a year and the million plus you gave Davis to walk away for nothing?
Apparently the Giants think so. Defense matters with a ground ball pitching staff. Its 14m difference between Davis and Chapman, Not 20mm. Besides career and 2023 season Chapman has a better ops+.
Doesn’t make sense to argue the matter. SF Giants made the decision they thought was best for the team. Chapman could regain his presence at the plate and be all that he was in Oakland (before the injury). And JD Davis wasn’t the piece that the Giants thought he’d be, so they cut bait. Oakland lucked out by getting a guy that can solidify a position they were likely to fill with a platoon this year. And Davis gets ABs, showcase his talent before going back into free agency. Everyone wins.
It makes total sense to argue the matter. We are baseball fans on a baseball website. That’s kind of the point.
Great, have fun with that.
2029 The strippers get cut due to low attendance lol
Hell yeah. It’s obviously gonna be a tough 2024 but I like this core and where they are headed
Thank God i don’t have to hear about him coming to the Cubs anymore. Hallelujah.
Ruiz made some adjustments during the offseason and has looked really nice in spring
I root for Ruiz..He plays old school ball.
Hope he steals 100.
Old-school is true, like he’s from the deadball era
As cheap as they are, I have to agree that they have some intriguing players. They have the luxury of being able to test drive players who are roster casualties because of they are always digging at the bottom of the barrel. It appears they found some good hitters with Noda and Rooker. This 2 would actually start on many other teams based on their performed last season. They shouldn’t be as bad this season,but then again they could be worse.
I like Noda and was sad when the jays let him go. I know he isnt an all-star but the jays needed OFs at the time and Noda has elite on base skills and 20 HR power who hits LHH amd cam play 1st and LF/RF.
No-hit Nick Allen isn’t going to be part of any playoff core. A 287 slugging percentage, yikes!
Ron Darling is not in the hall of fame, so what’s the point of your handle?
I never said he should be. In fact, I said he shouldn’t.
By the way, are you a Smurf? Or a Baron?
I know you said he shouldn’t be in the hall of fame. I am asking why would you say that when he isn’t and never will be?
He is a great announcer for the Mets, however.
Because he shouldn’t. Am I right? He’s the Bob Knepper of Brad Radke’s. I’m just stating that he shouldn’t be in the Hall of Fame. Don’t overthink it. Kek
Darling might get in the hall as a broadcaster someday.
@Blue..That’s the real “Ron Darling”, Blue. He comes here all the time trying to gain traction on his Hall of Fame candidacy. His coworkers at MLB Network will put practically anybody into the Hall Of Fame, so why not him?
Sure it is, lol.
He’s leading the campaign to keep Mr. Darling OUT of the Hall of Fame.
No such thing is necessary, lol.
Hahahaha. Taking all the giants cast offs.
Your name is Tacoshells. Not sure if you should be laughing.
Your name is Ignorant Son-of-a-b. Not sure if you should be scolding others.
I was just waiting for somebody to say that.
As a general rule, a Beefheart fan can scold others all day long. #teamIgnorant Son-of-a-b
They are counting on him winning his grievance so the Giants have to pay.
The Giants won’t have to pay anything other than what he was at spring training for. It’s definitely something that should come up in the next agreement though. But nothing illegal by the Giants.
@Balk “By releasing Davis more than 15 days before the start of the regular season, the Giants were only responsible for 30 days termination pay. That checked in a little above $1.1MM.”
—–Over / under on 80% of the MLBTR audience coming to understand the Giants aren’t on the hook for the original $6.9m at… 3 years.
Jack…I’m not following what you’re trying to say. You think the Giants should be on the hook for what’s remaining for the year? What’s 3 years?
Balk: The Giants followed the rules, I suppose, but Davis certainly got tricked out of almost six million bucks! Shouldn’t his agent have seen this coming?
So I guess all a team has to do is refuse to sign an arb-elg player and instead let it go to a hearing, after which, no matter how big of a salary the player wins in said hearing, the team can just cut him and owe him just severance pay. Sounds like a scam.
They have to tender the player a contract or they become a free agent. The max a team can offer is a 20% pay cut so low balling isn’t allowed
If the teams dont want to pay the player just non-tender him. Then they dont have to pay the severance.
Why would they even care about a possible grievance? Different contract and has nothing to do with the former agreement.
How many grievances do players win exactly? 1%? Less than 1%? Maybe look it up.
Thats a dream. Every team in the league past on him at 6.9m. Unless you could prove the teams all conspired they have zero case. .
That’s not the case.
It has to do with whether the Giants had cause according to the contract’s wording, to release him.
They have no case. Giants followed the cba and Davis is far from the first arbitration player to get cut. Should have accepted the 6.3m guaranteed.
A’s are better than the Angels.
Let’s not get carried away
He has a point: A’s will have rebuilt twice and still make it to the playoffs before the Angels who have money to spend.
Rebuilt from 2015-2017, made it to the playoffs. The next playoff core will be from 2025-2027. Hell, I even predict they play .500 ball this season.
I think they’ll be close to .500 until the trading deadline when they flip any/every vet with value for prospects
The A’s line is a 58 Win O/U at Caesars. 57.5 at all the other casinos. I think you are off by 25 wins.
There’s no way this ragtag bunch comes anywhere close to 500 ball. You folks are dreaming.
That’s what everyone says and all of a sudden A’s surprise. Its just their way of functioning. Angels may have a better lineup, but let’s get carried away they are still quietly rebuilding even though they don’t want to say it. A’s and Angels both have young lineups.
When have they ever been right? lmao anything can happen during the season.
A’s have some very promising players. Pitching is still a bit rough but position player wise they have really good talent.
The pitching is VERY rough. Hope it doesn’t happen, but there’s a good chance Strip and Wood will get hurt..and there’s not much behind them.
The A’s AAA (LV) rotation will likely include prospects #13, 15, 17, 23 & 24. Short on MLB experience but long on potential
Other than Gelof and maybe Langeliers, they don’t really have any promising position players. The Angel’s lineup is far better, even without The Great Ohtani.
Angels had two of the best players on the planet for several years and couldn’t even crack .500 with them, let alone make playoff runs.
If the Angels didn’t have Trout, would anyone take them seriously as a 65 win team? Even with a healthy full season from him 70+ wins would be a stretch…..
They’d still be better than the A’s.
True.
“Stepping in catshit is better than stepping in dogshit”
For some reason, I want to agree…
He got evicted and had to move to a lesser-quality area.
West is coming
But where will he play after the deadline?
Whatever contending team that is willing to give up prospects for him.
No one gives up anything for mediocre rentals any more.
It won’t be any good prospects for him.
First we see the Pirates sign Taylor, now the Abysymals sign someone decent. WTH man. (Btw, I am happy for the Pirates and sad for Davis).
No disrespect to JD Davis – he is a heck of a player – but I thought the A’s were going to give an opportunity to Hernaiz. I guess Oakland thinks Hernaiz needs more time in the minors?
Hernaiz will most likely platoon with Allen with Diaz still injured. Allen may also have to start on the IL. So I don’t see any issues Hernaiz getting a roster spot.
Darell Hernaiz only has 84 games in AA and 60 games in AAA – less than a full season combined. No need to rush him
It makes no sense to keep him in the minors, and to have him blocked by a mediocre JD Davis.
Holy Toledo! Yes!
Schuemann and Alvarez have looked pretty good this Spring. With Toro and now Davis on board, i don’t think they will get to see much action.
Hopefully, they continue to play well and get a shot of those two who are traded or fall off.
It’s funny in a serious kinda way…
Their classic sign and trade deadline flip
Flip for a lottery ticket
He can keep his rental condo until at least July.
Real time reaction: oh good for him, he landed somewhere! …Oh….
J.D signed because he probably didn’t want to move. It’s just right across the bay.
It’s almost as if crime and quality-of-life panics were bad-faith arguments all along!
He shouldn’t need to move.
Davis was homeless. Now he’s not.
Plus, he’s probably thinking if I put up a great 1st half of the season, I could get dealt to a playoff contender. He’ll worry about moving for those final 2 months of the season then.
JD and great don’t belong in the same sentence.
He actually was in the first half last year
Have you ever looked at the property values? Maybe the narrative is stupid.
Batting 3rd for the Oakland A’s, JD DAVIS!
That is not the stadium or team to get him his payday. His first half with the giants showed he COULD be a top 10 3rd baseman. Hope he balls out though
No, he’s nowhere near a top-10 anything. Just another mediocre player who is inexplicably loved by the MLBTR faithful
Such a hater
Zaidi hosed him for 3.3 million. Players Union… You watching?
Tony Clark is sleeping while Zaidi laughs at him. Farhan the ruthless wins again
Tony Clark only cares about Tony Clark..
Watching? The players union proposed the rules and agreed to the rules. Line by line, word by word. Their lawyers from white-shoe firms were paid handsomely for their expertise and advice. This is the result.
Look at the sheer number of players effected by this blunder! Losing their jobs and having to relocate at the last minute for less money! Hundreds of players… Er, Dozens… Uh, One player. Never mind. Guess it was just a one off.
3.3 million? Your math stinks. 6.9 million minus 1.1 million = 5.8 million in my math class.
Your math also stinks, he just got 2.5 mill from the A’s, plus a possible mill more.
No he clearly stated the money FARHAN screwed him out of. And that was 5.8 million. Whatever he got from somebody else is irrelevant to the statement.
That’s fair I suppose. Dude also forgot to mention Farhan basically gave him 1.1 mill for free
Him and his agent cost him that $.
YourDreamGM: It all sounds shady.
Good luck to him with the A’s. hope JD has a huge year and springboards into a multi-year contract in the off-season. A’s fans deserve something fun to watch, they’ve been wronged. Hope D Hernaiz makes it big too, listening to his interviews in his time with the Orioles’ farm team, he really has the heart of a leader for the young Latin American players that showed up not really knowing how to do anything outside of play ball. He seems like a solid young man.
I think Hernaiz will make the team. Honestly, A’s should just release Aledmys Diaz. Guy can’t play.
Huge year? This ain’t Alex Bregman or Austin Riley. It’s JD Davis, lol.
4D chess from Davis, doesn’t have to move and if he’s great he’ll get traded. Big bet on himself.
I am sure he would have loved to move for a million or 2 more. At least got an apartment for a year.
Great? How?
So happy for JD Davis! He is a good guy and I hated that he had to go. I wish him the best in having an ever better career year!
From Carnegie Hall to piano bar
From House of Bijan to the flea market.
Dread: love your screen name btw
He may be on the bad side of the tracks now but what he has waiting for him at home on that side of the tracks is very nice, go look up his gal.
Thats why he didn’t want to go far from The Bay, he knew some other “Giant” would pitch hit for him while he was trying to score a homer with a different team, haha.
Don’t look now but the A’s have a major league roster crunch!?!?
Yes, they might have to DFA a sack of wet mice or a sack of wet rats…what a choice.
Sucked how it went down but might work out for him. Good chance he finishes the year on a contender.
He’ll be warming the bench for a contender.
You said contender, so atleast it’s a better spot than he would have been in Oak or SF.
The Athletics got better with signing JD Davis. But he’s probably going to be flipped at the trade deadline for prospects, no doubt he’ll put up good numbers.
Maybe the A’s won’t be horrific after all… they’ve got some nice young developing hitters and pitchers, and if Wood, Blackburn & stripling can keep them in some games 70 wins could be dreamable…
Trust me, they’re built to be horrific.
Someone called this in the comments where he got released. Nice job man LOL
Stays in the same area and should get tons of playing time, with a shot to be traded to a playoff contender in July.
Sometimes the most obvious solution is also the best solution.
All the former Giants belong to Oakland.
At least until July.
I hope he demolishes the league this year.
Lol
A refrain heard often in the Bay Area, “I’m making less money but at least my commute is shorter.”
Been there done that, it’s a real thing.
Davis’ Agent and Agency should be making up the difference after they authorized going to arbitration as opposed to taking the Giants offer.
By that logic, every arb eligible player should take a team’s first offer.
When RSN are leaving baseball left and right and your number you hope to win a arbitration case is 500k to 600k more you absolutely take their 1st offer. Especially when it comes 1 hour before the deadline. They told you what they thought of you with that.
I mean it was malpractice on their part, in a vacuum maybe it makes sense to push into arbitration but considering the Giants were already tied to Chapman and the fact that they were turning over a lot of the old players the writing should have been on the wall and he should have secured that paycheck
mets must really be broke if they couldnt do this contract! wilpon 2.0
@Jonb-4 thank Dollar-Tree David for that
I’m sure they could but you are forgetting something, a player makes the decision of where they want to play. They could have technically offered him a 10M dollars contract and maybe he feels slighted from the trade and doesnt want to go there or he doesnt want to move him and his family, etc etc.
Remember Zack Greinke? Im sure the Yankees or the Mets offered him more than the Royals did but he wasnt signing for either team.
How about Matt Harvey after he left the mets the first time. He said he refused to sign with the mets and said that for multiple years.
All the oakland a’s are paid less than Scherzer + deGrom
JOHN FISHER
Sure makes one wonder about the arbitration process.
An arbiter determined he was worth $6.9M whereas the open market determined he was worth only $2.5M.
This Giants fan is looking forward to watching the A’s this year. I think 70+ wins is doable. Sucks that they’re leaving eventually
They about to do the impossible – WS
JD’s a baller. You A’s fans are gonna love him
The Giants will reacquire him midseason when Chapman is slashing .210/.300/.380, which is what he hit from mid-April forward.
He doesn’t have to think about selling the house, the kids all stay in the same schools, Dad gets to be around more. Lots of potential upside.
Pretty sure his IG says he lives in Tennessee
So he did this so he could get traded? Unless the A’s shock the world and win 95 games and the AL West.
It would be funny if the A’s win more games than the Giants with all of these Giants castoffs. On Davis, potentially a good fit for him. Gets to concentrate on JD Davis for the entire year and build up his value for free agency. Playing everyday he should end the year with good stats.
At what point do you just call it a career and retire? What’s the point of playing on a team whose front office has zero intention of competing?
I can think of $2.5 million reasons why he’s continuing to play a game for a living.
A’s fans are the best.
There’s more than 1?
7 at last count, I believe.
Mos Eisley Spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy
I was hoping for this ,and because all comments are closed off on A’s sites I couldn’t say so .
A+ for A’s. Heck of a bargain.
F for Davis and his agent. What a blunder.
Good get for Oakland. I hope he comes out swingin’!
Whining to the press cost him $2M. Was it worth it, JD?
all the comments about the giants somehow screwing jd davis over and somehow planning this and making a low ball offer are stupid
the giants offered $6.55MM and davis demand was $6.9MM
he made the decision to procede and won
the rules allowed for the giants to release him which they did had they not signed chapman they would have paid and played davis
he gets 3.6 now with a chance at 4.6
it’s the way it goes,
i recall all the posts about how the giants would end up having to pay him full 6.9 in the original post about the release as they would never get away with this.
if he accepted the 6.55 he would be receiving it, it didn’t work out that way, but all parties acted within the rules and i see no issues
The first and only offer was an hour before the filing deadline and was for less than 6.55. They then declared a self imposed file and trial policy when Davis asked to settle at the 6.55.
It’s no secret Giants are file and trial. It’s their policy.
Why isn’t his agent talking comparative players and their numbers and getting a feel for where he stands at the Giants well before the deadline ?
It’s also been a long standing situation that the Giants could land Chapman. He doesn’t know that, and if that happens JDs roster spot is in jeopardy ? He goes ahead and commits him to a non guaranteed contract anyway ?
Dude was asleep at the wheel. The fact he pulls out the “I’ve been doing this 22 years” just enhances the embarrassment.
@storm
Do you have proof of that? even if you do is that the teams fault or the agent/player’s fault he took so long to push the issue?
I bet you more players when its a small gap like that in the future will take that deal instead of go to arbitration.
I’m pretty sure FZ said as much in his zoom call explaining the waiver.
I understand both sides and I’m not advocating for the Giants necessarily do anything differently. But it’s conspicuous that the other arb eligible players signed earlier than JDD. I believe the Giants knew they might not need JD Davis at all, and especially at 6+M$. The right thing to do was probably sign Chapman early and let JDD walk, but they couldn’t because the Chapman deal took so long.
Not Conspicuous at all
Chapman/Boras could have also said he is willing to sign 3 years 54 million earlier in the offseason instead of trying to get 100M+ and probably only signed so low because most opportunities dried up and got desperate.
This would have been the right thing to do but that is not the Boras way. So if you looking at anyone to blame, i would say Boras is your guy or blame greed from any of the above. Boras & Chapman (for Boras usual tactics and stall) or Davis & Agent (waiting for offer instead of pushing for it earlier, not accepting original deal) for trying to squeeze every dollar.
I don’t think it’s up to the Giants to initiate arbitration discussions. The number they want to pay is the number they want to pay. Surely it’s up to the agent to find out what that is and negotiate as required. Farhan should call the agent and initiate the process of a pay rise negotiation ? I don’t think so. The player side has to be the proactive one.
I’ve always liked JD Davis. This is a good move for the A’s. Glad he found a home.
This definitely looks to be a sign and trade at deadline type of deal.
Why would he do this? Now he will have to move in July to a team he has no say in.
The Giants couldn’t even find anyone who would trade for this guy, but everyone on here thinks he’s going to go out and have some great year like he’s never had before. It’s not happening. If he does get flipped at the deadline it’ll be for peanuts because JD Davis just isn’t that good. And he’s 30 so he’s most likely already peaked.
Good move for Davis. Moving would be rough right now. Yeah the As are bad, but he can still shine especially more in the middle of the lineup. Play well, stay healthy, and get a good contract next year.
Billy Beane went to Ross the other day n found JD Davis
What’s Ross? (We don’t have em over here… Need to know how hard to laugh lol)
Good work, JD.
Hope your agent is declining to accept his percentage.
His agent probably tried to talk him out of signing with Oakland. There were better deals on the table. Oakland is close to home tho and it’s perfect for him to showcase his skills for half a season and go to a contender at the deadline
Yep. Good result. No uprooting and a great place for his FA year.
Nice signing… but, why?
Not a bad move at all
Oakland shutters it’s only In and Out burger after 18 yeas due to crime but the A’s sign JD so all is forgiven.
Guy’s gonna rake. Now they just need another bash brother.
Seems likely he wanted to stay out in the Bay area as that’s where his family and housing is, or it may simply be that there wasn’t a match with other teams this late. The good news for him is he likely gets traded to a contender come July. He doesn’t have to guess which teams are contending. They will come find him midseason.
The Giants technically didn’t do anything wrong, but they totally manipulated the situation and screwed over Davis. Players should take note.
how did they manipulate the situation?
From what i see, They offered him a contract he didnt like it thought he would do better in arbitration won abritration. Then Chapman offered a price i dont think anyone saw coming and they jumped on a major sale.
Your out to dinner and you order a burger. Just as the waiter placing the order you find out they have a special of filet mignon and lobster for a dollar more than the burger. Is that you manipulating the situation?
I’m a jd fan but sometimes just a bad situation for one and good situation for another and not manipulation.
So does San Fran still have to pay the 6.9 from arbitration? or was that only if he played the 2024 season with SF? Or J.D only get the 2.5 from the A’s?
Arbitration isn’t guaranteed. Giants are on the hook for 1.1, a prorated figure for JD’s time in Spring Training.
I am sure Manager Mark Kotsay will see that his fellow Cal State Fullerton alum J.D. Davis will have the opportunity to show everyone he deserved the arbitration finding.
This is what happens when you get to greedy. Would have never happened if accepted the 6.5mil. Getting the extra 400k in court cost you 3million. He can’t blame Giants only himself and his agent…
I doubt he got greedy. He probably just thought he was taking the standard shot at going for a little more money.
I wouldn’t particularly expect a player to be aware of the downside. That’s more on the agent to alert him to it. The enormous majority of the time it’s you either win arb, or you lose arb—the team pays you either way and you get on with it.
Still, a 31 year old guy who hasn’t beaten 0.9 WAR since 2019 should be made aware by his negotiators that he’s on the edge even with 1/$6.9m.
Quite a few players have been cut after winning their arbitration cases. Interestingly Davis had won an arbitration case against the Mets. Maybe that influenced their decision to proceed with filing.
This should 100% be illegal. If you tender a player you should be on the hook for paying him whether its settled initially or winning an arb case. Otherwise why would a player go to arb panel.. Garunteed this will be addressed next cba if not sooner.
Thats a risk a player can take. Most players going to arbitration have an open market value larger than they’ll make by filing so teams gladly keep them. Not that long ago the tender contracts weren’t guaranteed until opening day but that provision was negotiated out. The players are getting more guaranteed money and situations that ever and I almost always side with the players regarding wages, but this time im siding with the team. Davis had a chance to secure a solid contract and instead he tried to squeeze an extra 600k.
Giants signed superior players at his primary positions and they just decided to cut their losses. His loss for trying to squeeze every last buck out of the team.
Or you can say that he took a gamble on himself and his career. Had he remained with the Giants, he’ll be a bench player with Matt Carpenter there. He’s now getting ABs and a starting job with the A’s. If he has a good season, that $3MM loss won’t be that meaningful on his next big contract with a new team.
get injured moron hope you get tear mustle and concusion trader ahole
I don’t believe the Big Hurt would take the time to type this. He is way too busy with those Nugenix commercials.
Also, he probably knows how to spell
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i am the 200th comment.
If he reaches 600 PA’s he won’t have to pay for his soda.
They’ll bench him at 499 PA.