Orioles take offer to Davis off the table

The Baltimore Orioles are moving on from Chris Davis.

General manager Dan Duquette told reporters Saturday the team has taken its offer to the free-agent first baseman off the table, and is instead "going down different tracks."

"There's no offer on the table right now," Duquette said. "I'm not exactly sure where that's going to end up, but we've been very aggressive on that front and it didn't yield a deal so at some point we're going to have to look at some other options."

The Orioles met with Davis' agent Scott Boras earlier this week, and wrapped up the winter meetings in Nashville having reportedly offered the slugger a deal of at least $150 million. The deal offer was precisely $154 million over seven years, according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports.

Both Duquette and manager Buck Showalter recently stressed the importance of not waiting around for Davis should he take too long to decide.

"At some point, he's going to have to make a decision (about whether) that's enough, or how much is enough," Showalter told reporters Wednesday. "Believe me, he's going to make a good call where he wants to go with his baseball and his career and his life. We're prepared to go either way."

Facing the possibility of losing Davis, Duquette said the Orioles' focus is on acquiring a left-handed bat, likely an outfielder due to the internal options capable of playing first base. Alex Gordon, Denard Span, and Gerardo Parra represent the top left-handed hitting outfielders remaining on the free-agent market.

"The good thing for the Orioles is that we've been able to add (Mark) Trumbo, who is a solid power hitter," Duquette said. "We've got (Matt) Wieters back, who is a qualified major-league hitter with power from both sides of the plate. We have some power up the middle to our lineup, but we could use some balance from the left side."