Chis Davis has 7-year offer worth about $150M offer from Orioles

ByABC News
December 9, 2015, 1:16 PM

— -- The Baltimore Orioles have offered slugger  Chris Davis a seven-year deal worth about $150 million, a source told ESPN's Buster Olney.

Davis led the majors with 47 home runs in 2015 and was second in the American League in RBIs with 117 for a Baltimore Orioles team that missed out on the playoffs.

Davis also led the majors in strikeouts this year with 208 but while prone to slumps at the plate, Davis has been valued for his prodigious power. The lefty slugger is the only player in the past five seasons to hit at least 50 home runs, blasting 53 for the O's in 2013.

His play has been instrumental in the best run in the Orioles' recent history, however a suspension for testing positive for what he said was Adderall marred the end of his 2014 season and kept him out of the team's playoff run that ended with a loss in the ALCS.

Davis, who turns 30 in March, has also played at third base as well as right field since coming to Baltimore prior to the 2011 season.