The Oakland A’s and slugger Khris Davis have reportedly been in talks about a one-year contract extension that would buy out Davis’ final year of arbitration in 2019. While this is a smart, safe move on the team’s part, a much smarter and bolder move that would benefit both parties (and the A’s fans) would be to sign Davis to a multi-year deal that takes him into his free agency years.
Either way, signing him now instead of waiting until the offseason is a smart idea. These are the always frugal A’s we are talking about and a one-year extension guarantees his salary now, as opposed to risking going into a potential arbitration hearing — where his homers and RBI are worth more than their weight in gold.