Has there ever been a player at Davis level

[brooksfrankjim]

That has fallen so far, so fast at his age?  I have followed the Orioles for 50+ years and I can think of another player whose performance has dropped like his.  Can you identify similar players?

[SteveA]

27 minutes ago, brooksfrankjim said:

That has fallen so far, so fast at his age?  I have followed the Orioles for 50+ years and I can think of another player whose performance has dropped like his.  Can you identify similar players?

Some people have mentioned Richie Sexson.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sexsori01.shtml

What makes the Davis situation is unique is the contract.   There are plenty of guys who dropped off the cliff for just one really bad year and no one wanted them as a free agent, so they just disappeared.   So no one ever saw the worst of their dropoff.  Davis is still in the first half of a long term contract so he's going to keep going out there and doing what he's doing for the forseeable future.

[wildcard]

Ryan Howard is close to as bad

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/howarry01.shtml

[webbrick2010]

Close as measured by atomic bombs?

Howard bottomed out at an 85 OPS+, Chris Davis is at 46, with 4 more years to get even worse.

[OriolesMagic83]

Howard was bad, but not in Davis's class.  Howard never even managed to K 200 times in a year and had only 1 year below .700 OPS.  (total amateur compared to Davis).  I have serious doubts that Davis will ever OPS .700 again.  

I hope Davis recovers somewhat, because I can't see the O's releasing him unless he sucks for 2 years straight.  I'm talking batting .180 or less with an sub .600 OPS.

[allquixotic]

19 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

Howard was bad, but not in Davis's class.  Howard never even managed to K 200 times in a year and had only 1 year below .700 OPS.  (total amateur compared to Davis).  I have serious doubts that Davis will ever OPS .700 again.  

I hope Davis recovers somewhat, because I can't see the O's releasing him unless he sucks for 2 years straight.  I'm talking batting .180 or less with an sub .600 OPS.

Chris Davis says, "hold my beer." He could very well bat .100 to .150 this year.

[waroriole]

Come on. He’s back over .500 OPS. Any second he’s gonna bust out

[O's84]

4 minutes ago, waroriole said:

Come on. He’s back over .500 OPS. Any second he’s gonna bust out

I can just see that 650 OPS hot streak coming!

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

The time is now to discuss restructuring CD’s contract to a structured buyout and spread the payments over the next 20 years.

Either that or spike his food with HGH prior to a surprise drug contest.  

[Uli2001]

I know it's not his fault he got the contract he got, but I have to think the man must feel embarrassed by it. I hope they can reach some kind of agreement, perhaps involving donating to charity.

[O's are Legends]

1 hour ago, brooksfrankjim said:

That has fallen so far, so fast at his age?  I have followed the Orioles for 50+ years and I can think of another player whose performance has dropped like his.  Can you identify similar players?

 

1 hour ago, SteveA said:

Some people have mentioned Richie Sexson.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sexsori01.shtml

What makes the Davis situation is unique is the contract.   There are plenty of guys who dropped off the cliff for just one really bad year and no one wanted them as a free agent, so they just disappeared.   So no one ever saw the worst of their dropoff.  Davis is still in the first half of a long term contract so he's going to keep going out there and doing what he's doing for the forseeable future.

Yes, here is some info I posted earlier this season in regards to Sexson and Davis.

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I think he's done. His collapse closely resembles Richie Sexson's downfall; both at similar ages.

Sexson - never played again after 2008

2006	31	SEA	AL	158	663	591	75	156	40	0	34	107	1	1	64	154	.264	.338	.504	.842	117	298	17	4	0	4	5	*3/D
2007	32	SEA	AL	121	491	434	58	89	21	0	21	63	1	0	51	100	.205	.295	.399	.694	84	173	12	5	0	1	1	*3/D
2008	33	TOT	AL	96	327	280	29	62	9	0	12	36	1	0	43	86	.221	.321	.382	.703	89	107	9	0	0	4	0	3/D

Davis

2016	30	BAL	AL	157	665	566	99	125	21	0	38	84	1	0	88	219	.221	.332	.459	.792	110	260	6	8	0	3	3	*3/9D
2017	31	BAL	AL	128	524	456	65	98	15	1	26	61	1	1	61	195	.215	.309	.423	.732	95	193	7	3	0	4	4	*3/5D

 

[waroriole]

18 minutes ago, Uli2001 said:

I know it's not his fault he got the contract he got, but I have to think the man must feel embarrassed by it. I hope they can reach some kind of agreement, perhaps involving donating to charity.

You don’t think it would be more embarrassing to be the guy who was so bad he had to give part of his contract to charity

[Moshagge3]

I really hate how Davis keeps jawing with the umpire on strike three calls that are obviously correct. Come on man, take responsibility. It's not the umpire's fault you're hitting .171.

[TouchemAll]

2 hours ago, brooksfrankjim said:

That has fallen so far, so fast at his age?  I have followed the Orioles for 50+ years and I can think of another player whose performance has dropped like his.  Can you identify similar players?

Honestly you gotta wonder if the dude was not juicing some how?

[baltfan]

It’s one month.  Everyone has a right to be worried, but things change.   I remember one year Jeter really struggled through the first two months. Hit something like .200