Davis right field

[rick30]

What about moving Davis to right field? He has a great arm and is very athletic. Now for the part everyone will jump me for. Add Howard and Byrd from the Phillies with them paying most of their contracts. Howard has had a lot of off field issues and a few nagging injuries. Maybe he is ready for a change. He can share time with Pierce at first. Byrd shares time in LF. They all could also get time at DH.

[weams]

What about moving Davis to right field? He has a great arm and is very athletic. Now for the part everyone will jump me for. Add Howard and Byrd from the Phillies with them paying most of their contracts. Howard has had a lot of off field issues and a few nagging injuries. Maybe he is ready for a change. He can share time with Pierce at first. Byrd shares time in LF. They all could also get time at DH.

No thanks.

[paulcoates]

Just put Byrd in RF

[weams]

Just put Byrd in RF

Sure. But not enough to trigger the vesting option.

[rick30]

I was just thinking with Howard also. He would give the Orioles a DH with the pop they need. Crazier things have happened.

[weams]

I was just thinking with Howard also. He would give the Orioles a DH with the pop they need. Crazier things have happened.

Howard no longer can hit at all. Kinda how Brady was at the end of his career.

[zweem]

Davis to RF---yes Then Alonso and Quenton rather than the Philly duo.

[El Gordo]

The O's can DH Pearce against RHP and play Lough and De Aza in LF and RF. They could play Byrd in LF, Pearce in RF, and Delmon at DH v LHP. Forget Howard.

[Tx Oriole]

No thanks.

Agree. No thank you.

[Dipper9]

Howard is nothing but a name at this point, and a ridiculously expensive one at that. No thanks.

[Dark Helmet]

Howard no longer can hit at all. Kinda how Brady was at the end of his career.

So the juice has worn off for Howard.

[Dark Helmet]

The O's can DH Pearce against RHP and play Lough and De Aza in LF and RF. They could play Byrd in LF, Pearce in RF, and Delmon at DH v LHP. Forget Howard.

Byrd isn't worth a prospect. At this point just stick with what they got and hope they can squeeze another year out of Pearce and hole De Aza rebounds.

[ArtVanDelay]

Why not put Davis in right field and Steve Pearce at 1st? Davis has a cannon and Pearce is excellent defensively at 1st.

[weams]

So the juice has worn off for Howard.

I never thought either of those guys seemed enhanced. It's just a thing. Sometime in your thirties, you are no longer one of the best 2000 baseball players in the world.

[Dark Helmet]

Put me down for adding Howard to the lineup at a reasonable cost ($30 mil/3 years and marginal prospect). The same people who think he's washed up now probably thought Ortiz was a few years ago. A potential lineup of Walker at 1b, Davis in rf and Howard at DH would be interesting and worth exploring:thumbsup1:

Even in Ortiz down years, he still got on base at a .330 clip and close to an .800OPS. If thats the Howard we got, I'd be ok with him. But his down years are much worse than Ortiz.