Hyde on whether bunt play on with Severino: “No. Sevie has done it a few times. He’s not going to do it anymore. He’s trying to be a team player. He saw Abreu back and wanted to try to score a run for the club, get an RBI, get a 1-0 lead. We talked about it. I want him to do what he did his last at-bat.”
Even in batting practice, Davis has looked really bad. On Tuesday, he made solid contact on 3 pitches during his entire time in the cage (3 rounds.) The rest were a mix of weak fly balls, weak grounders and a few pop ups into the cage.
His issue has been health. If you move him to the pen now, or give him a "swingman" role, that might help limit his innings and allow him to go "full power" in shorter bursts. Similar to Branden Kline.
I wonder if they will review it and change it to an error on Villar? Last season, Wynns threw a ball down to Nunez on a steal of third and Nunez whiffed on the catch completely. The error went to Wynns until they reviewed it the next day and saw Nunez let it go by.