Orioles manager Buck Showalter doesn't expect free-agent slugger Chris Davis' situation to be resolved soon, perhaps even into spring training, the Baltimore Sun reported .
Showalter said Monday at a team minicamp that he’s “not surprised” that Davis’ free agency has dragged this deep into winter, in part because the first baseman is represented by agent Scott Boras.
“That’s not surprising at all the way that camp does business,” Showalter said. “It wouldn’t surprise me if it went to February. It wouldn’t surprise me if it goes to March.”
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Davis is considered the top free-agent hitter remaining on the market. He reportedly received a seven-year, $150 million offer from Baltimore during the winter meetings that he didn’t accept at the time.
His free-agent situation appears to be preventing the hitters' market from sorting itself out.
