A look at the possible Chris Davis market; Vandy coach remembers Flaherty and Yastrzemski

NASHVILLE - The Orioles continue to be in the hunt for free agent first baseman Chris Davis. He led the majors with 47 homers last year and leads the majors with 159 since 2012. But what is unclear is how many teams are in that hunt with them. There has been very little information getting out on Davis and any negotiations that may have taken place thus far.

MASNsports.com's Roch Kubatko reported via Twitter that the Orioles are scheduled to meet with Scott Boras, Davis' agent today. Boras also reps Pedro Alvarez, who could be an O's target.

Last night on MLB Network, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com was asked about the market that could be developing for Davis.

"This is one of the best sluggers in the game and we know that sluggers really play in free agency. So he should do extremely well," Heyman said.

"Boston and Toronto, two teams in Baltimore's division, have been linked to Chris Davis. I think Toronto does make some sense, even though they have great power already. We know that (Jose) Bautista and (Edwin) Encarnacion have expiring contracts after the year. St. Louis is a team that has been tied to Davis and they make sense, as well. They have an issue with their No. 3 and 4 hitters. Obviously, they have their own free agent in Jason Heyward, who they are talking to, as well. Can't imagine they sign both of them. But one of them is possible. Those are the four teams that have been linked most often with Davis - Baltimore, Boston, Toronto and St. Louis."

Earlier today, Vanderbilt baseball coach Tim Corbin was a guest on MLB Network's "Hot Stove" show. The school is based in Nashville and it is one of college baseball's traditionally strong programs.

It is also a program that has produced two players from the Orioles organization in Ryan Flaherty and Mike Yastrezemski. I asked Corbin to talk about both and their time at Vandy.

Corbin on Flaherty: "I knew his dad Eddie, who coached at Southern Maine. I saw him play in a legion tournament out in Oregon. We weren't sure about recruiting him. But I came back and told our coaches, 'This kid is going to be a major leaguer someday.'

"He just had a great career with us and really developed both mentally and physically. He became a guy that could play a lot of different positions and play them well. He's a very humble kid and he's just thankful for the opportunity to play at that level.

Corbin on Yastrzemski: "Yaz is something. I don't think he is unlike his dad too much. His dad was a heckuva player at Florida State. His grandad Carl was kind of a self-made player and that is what Michael is. He is just a very serious, determined kid and I don't think it is going to surprise anyone when he steps on a major league field. He is so consistent and does everything well. He catches the ball, throws to the right base, throws accurately. He will give you surprising power. He runs the baseball well. There is no facet of the game he doesn't do well. When he's done playing, he is going to be a very good major league manager. He will be a heckuva asset to a lot of people."