Chris Davis to leadoff?

[interloper]

Chris said he wanted to be more aggressive and he has been. Now he says he's been overly aggressive. I don't think he or anyone knows what the issue is, truly. I like that he's swinging more and making contact, but unfortunately he's not making GOOD contact. Dunno man. 

[SilverRocket]

His eye has looked a lot better so far, it doesn't look like he's guessing like last year. The numbers in the small sample seem to back that up. I'm not really worried yet. He's at least swinging at strikes and laying off balls which is a lot more than I was expecting.

https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=9272&position=1B#platediscipline

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%
2012	Orioles	38.9 %	77.6 %	54.2 %	56.0 %	82.5 %	71.0 %	39.5 %	62.6 %	15.6 %
2013	Orioles	34.7 %	74.5 %	50.2 %	54.8 %	79.6 %	69.1 %	39.0 %	56.6 %	15.2 %
2014	Orioles	30.9 %	70.4 %	46.8 %	48.9 %	77.7 %	66.3 %	40.4 %	62.5 %	15.5 %
2015	Orioles	30.1 %	72.2 %	47.5 %	50.9 %	76.5 %	67.0 %	41.3 %	62.1 %	15.6 %
2016	Orioles	28.2 %	64.1 %	42.7 %	49.4 %	76.3 %	65.7 %	40.5 %	58.1 %	14.6 %
2017	Orioles	29.7 %	60.0 %	42.8 %	47.9 %	79.0 %	66.7 %	43.0 %	61.6 %	14.2 %
2018	Orioles	21.9 %	75.0 %	46.7 %	71.4 %	90.5 %	85.7 %	46.7 %	50.0 %	6.3 %

[interloper]

8 minutes ago, SilverRocket said:

His eye has looked a lot better so far, it doesn't look like he's guessing like last year. The numbers in the small sample seem to back that up. I'm not really worried yet. He's at least swinging at strikes and laying off balls which is a lot more than I was expecting.

https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=9272&position=1B#platediscipline

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%
2012	Orioles	38.9 %	77.6 %	54.2 %	56.0 %	82.5 %	71.0 %	39.5 %	62.6 %	15.6 %
2013	Orioles	34.7 %	74.5 %	50.2 %	54.8 %	79.6 %	69.1 %	39.0 %	56.6 %	15.2 %
2014	Orioles	30.9 %	70.4 %	46.8 %	48.9 %	77.7 %	66.3 %	40.4 %	62.5 %	15.5 %
2015	Orioles	30.1 %	72.2 %	47.5 %	50.9 %	76.5 %	67.0 %	41.3 %	62.1 %	15.6 %
2016	Orioles	28.2 %	64.1 %	42.7 %	49.4 %	76.3 %	65.7 %	40.5 %	58.1 %	14.6 %
2017	Orioles	29.7 %	60.0 %	42.8 %	47.9 %	79.0 %	66.7 %	43.0 %	61.6 %	14.2 %
2018	Orioles	21.9 %	75.0 %	46.7 %	71.4 %	90.5 %	85.7 %	46.7 %	50.0 %	6.3 %

Interesting! Thanks for this.

[interloper]

Lot of promising stuff there. He just needs to make better quality contact somehow.

[gtman55]

6 hours ago, Bonecrusher52 said:

If he's playing in NL, I would put him in 9th spot behind the pitcher hitting at 8th. Let us all pray Buck will read this before tonight game.

Apparently he didn't read that or doesn't care because Davis is leading off again tonight.

[webbrick2010]

Curious if anyone has seen him in BP. One of the tell tale signs of a washed up power hitter is that he no longer puts on a show in BP, symptomatic of a loss in bat speed,  I suspect that even in BP you see a lot of lazy fly balls off of CD's bat.

[tntoriole]

8 hours ago, interloper said:

 

Well, that is a lot of water under that bridge.  Nowhere to go but up. 

[Rene88]

The further we fall, the more Buck will stick with CD leading off...stubborn.

[Beef Supreme]

4 hours ago, interloper said:

Chris said he wanted to be more aggressive and he has been. Now he says he's been overly aggressive. I don't think he or anyone knows what the issue is, truly. I like that he's swinging more and making contact, but unfortunately he's not making GOOD contact. Dunno man. 

It's better that he swing and loft a few that may go deep enough to clear the fence than take fastballs near the strike zone, I would think. Unless his reactions are so far diminished, that he can't hit good fastballs anymore.  He has to trust his power and let his hips clear while the ball crosses the plate. Attend the "Kyle Schwarber Hitting Academy" maybe. Even if the bat speed has decreased slightly, he can hit it out to all fields on slow swings.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

Just now, Rene88 said:

The further we fall, the more Buck will stick with CD leading off...stubborn.

I would rather play Gentry every day if it meant he was leading off instead of Davis.  

And I don’t think this is a good solution either, but still better than CD at leadoff.

[Rene88]

2 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

I would rather play Gentry every day if it meant he was leading off instead of Davis.  

And I don’t think this is a good solution either, but still better than CD at leadoff.

Agree 100%

[gtman55]

47 minutes ago, Rene88 said:

Agree 100%

I approve of this message.

[Rene88]

23 minutes ago, gtman55 said:

I approve of this message.

Oh look-CD goes down swinging....he's close though

[SilverRocket]

5 hours ago, SilverRocket said:

He's at least swinging at strikes and laying off balls which is a lot more than I was expecting.

I take that back.

[atomic]

Just now, SilverRocket said:

I take that back.

Chris Davis is a terrible hitter.  Buck needs to be fired.   He might be the only person on earth who thinks Davis is a lead off hitter.