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The most telling and illuminating thing to me is that first quote.  " I don't think anything is necessarily wrong."

It may be me projecting but it feels like that's probably how he views his own game as well.

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4 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Davis needs a drug test, but not for PEDs.  He has to be on hallucinogens.

If DD has any power left he needs to force a roster on Davis today.  Maybe going to Bowie will wake up Davis.  

You can't send him down.

 

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4 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

You can't send him down.

 

You can try to send him down. I think that would be a win win move for the team. They try to demote him, Davis refuses the assignment, then Davis looks like the bad guy (for not wanting to get things right) to the fans. 

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2 minutes ago, wildbillhiccup said:

You can try to send him down. I think that would be a win win move for the team. They try to demote him, Davis refuses the assignment, then Davis looks like the bad guy (for not wanting to get things right) to the fans. 

What is the benefit of making Davis look like a bad guy?  Fans are already unhappy with him.  You think that if he gets booed he'll retire?

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2 minutes ago, wildbillhiccup said:

You can try to send him down. I think that would be a win win move for the team. They try to demote him, Davis refuses the assignment, then Davis looks like the bad guy (for not wanting to get things right) to the fans

If he refuses the assignment he gets his money and doesn't have to work.  

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Just now, wildbillhiccup said:

You can try to send him down. I think that would be a win win move for the team. They try to demote him, Davis refuses the assignment, then Davis looks like the bad guy (for not wanting to get things right) to the fans. 

You give Davis two options.  DFA and go to the minors, or go on the DL and he can sort himself out in Sarasota.  But based on the way Buck bats Davis in the middle of the lineup daily, this seems a long way off.  

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