Even more on Chris Davis and Joey Rickard

It seems like the Chris Davis situation has been hanging over the Orioles' heads for weeks now. But we only found out about his $150 million offer from the Orioles when it was first reported by MASNsports.com's Roch Kubatko on Tuesday night.

Yep, it has only been a few days. Now maybe the O's offer was made before then, but we've only publicly known about it since Tuesday evening.

In the court of public opinion featuring Orioles fans, it seems Davis is coming up second. The consensus opinion seems to be the Orioles have made a rather generous offer, and Davis needs to figure out soon if he wants it and not jerk around the Orioles.

On Oct. 2, the day he was named Most Valuable Oriole for 2015, Davis said, "I would love to be here. I would love to be back here, I've said that from Day One. My wife and I love Baltimore. We love playing for the Orioles and these fans, but it's out of my hands now."

This week, the Orioles put in back in his hands. Now it's time for Davis to let the Orioles know what it will take to re-sign him.

Memo to Davis: If you truly do love it here, how much more money do you need? What was wrong with the $150 million offer?

When I interviewed ESPN's Keith Law in Nashville, he said the O's best plan might be to not sign Davis and take the money and use it elsewhere.

"I think Chris Davis - while extremely productive when he is on - is hugely risky," Law said. "You've seen the volatility in the performance. You know he is going to strike out an enormous rate. That means there is a good chance there is a year where he hits .220. You are going to pay him to be the 40-homer-a-year guy with a decent on-base percentage, but he may not be that guy every year in the deal.

"It may make more sense to spread your risk among multiple assets. Or spend that money on a guy with a little more predictability in his performance. Like an (Justin) Upton or a (Yoenis) Cespedes. An Upton gives you the advantage of youth, too. Upton and Jason Heyward, who I've never heard linked to the Orioles, they are younger players and you are rolling the dice on getting some upside, which is not typically what you get out of free agency."

More on Rickard: The Orioles' Rule 5 draft pick yesterday, 24-year-old outfielder Joey Rickard, played at three levels of the minor leagues in 2015. Each time he moved up, his stats got better.

He began the year at high Single-A Charlotte and hit .268 with an OBP of .436 in 23 games. Then, with Double-A Montgomery, those nubmers were .322/.420 in 65 games. Then, in his first promotion to Triple-A Durham, he hit .360 with a .437 OBP. Rickard has a career .283 batting average with a .390 OBP.

The O's Dan Duquette pointed out yesterday that Rickard is playing well right now in the Domincan League for Leones del Escogido. Rickard is batting .282 with six homers, 29 RBIs, a .341 OBP and a .454 slugging percentage. While he hit just two homers in 117 minor league games this past season, he has hit six in 42 games in the Dominican.

Some Rule 5 picks are players from lower minor league levels with a lot of upside that teams take a chance on, like pitcher Jason Garcia was last year. Others are players with experience and success at higher levels, like Rickard is now.

By the way, there were 16 players selected in the Rule 5 draft Thursday. Rickard was the eighth player selected. Of the 16 taken, 10 were pitchers and there were three outfielders and three infielders.