Chris Davis

[clapdiddy]

I realize guys go through slumps, but he looks absolutely lost right now. He's pulling his front shoulder out on every swing. He needs to focus on trying to drive the ball the other way.

[DirtyBird]

At least drop him down in the lineup so he is not taking RBI ABs from Trumbo and Schoop. Honestly I would rather have JJ in an RBI situation right now.

Have you watched Trumbo lately?

[ReclaimTheCrown]

Honestly, he should try to bunt more often.

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[clapdiddy]

Have you watched Trumbo lately?

I think you could put a 4 with a circle around it for pretty much every one of Trumbo's recent plate appearances.

[El Gordo]

Well the last time he sat for a day he came back and hit something like 5 HR in 5 G. But then Trumbo hasn't bee doing much better .182 .250 .341 .591 the last 12 G. Maybe we should bat Kim between them so we don't have rally killing back to back K's. Manny has had a .605 OPS July as well, though he is .904 OPS the last week.

[El Gordo]

I realize guys go through slumps, but he looks absolutely lost right now. He's pulling his front shoulder out on every swing. He needs to focus on trying to drive the ball the other way.

He went through a worse slump last year and still finished with 47 HR. I am confident he will get hot again. As of this day last year he was .240 .323 .480 .803 22 HR 60 RBI.

[Aristotelian]

Have you watched Trumbo lately?

Yeah, I was at the Saturday night game when he hit that 3-run HR. He just missed one tonight. Davis is 1 for his last 27 with a bunt single. That is a whole other level of futility.

[thezeroes]

July, through out his career, has been historically his worst month. He carries a .717 OPS which is the lowest of any month of the season. He is currently on the same pace as he was in 2014.

[ChuckS]

Trumbo was bound to regress in the second half. Davis is always going to be Davis, which means going through slumps of a month or more where he can't hit whatsoever.

Need other guys to pick them up. Manny needs to go back to hitting like he's capable of. Jones too.

I like the idea of Davis sitting for a few. Strengthens our OF defense with Trumbo moving to first.

[evenparthrough9]

Trumbo was bound to regress in the second half. Davis is always going to be Davis, which means going through slumps of a month or more where he can't hit whatsoever.

Need other guys to pick them up. Manny needs to go back to hitting like he's capable of. Jones too.

I like the idea of Davis sitting for a few. Strengthens our OF defense with Trumbo moving to first.

Agreed. I really wonder if he's seeing the ball. Tuesday he had an at bat where he saw 5 balls and struck out. Last night he saw 4 pitches out of the zone and struck out. Baffling

[scOtt]

Punish him!

[scOtt]

We'll sit your ass on the bench for 3 days! We'll see how you hit after that!

After not seeing a pitch for 3 days.......

[scOtt]

He's only going to get himself out of this slump with ABs. Him and Coolbaugh. And he will. To epic proportions AGAIN.

[maybenxtyr]

I think they should move him down in the order when he's in the line-up. I would try and take advantage of the players they have though and use Trumbo at 1B once in a while, and Alvarez at DH. In that scenario you could put Nolan in RF or whomever else that would upgrade the outfield defense.

On a glass half full side though...this team is 16 over with pretty much the whole offense struggling so there is certainly room for optimism.

[maybenxtyr]

Punish him!

Certainly...