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6 minutes ago, Enjoy Terror said:

Since 1969 (50 years), minimum 190PA, Davis has the 40th lowest OPS. There are 16,000 individual seasons on this list. Think about that.

I am sure as the plate appearances go up there will be much fewer players on the list.   Hard to get at bats when you can't hit at all.   Also I am betting the other guys on the list are slick fielding shortstop or catchers. 

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11 minutes ago, atomic said:

I am sure as the plate appearances go up there will be much fewer players on the list.   Hard to get at bats when you can't hit at all.   Also I am betting the other guys on the list are slick fielding shortstop or catchers. 

There’s two players in the bottom 50 that hit 400PA; one is Mario Mendoza.

And yes, Chris Davis has the worst OPS for a 1B in that span.

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8 hours ago, Oriol3s said:

If Davis continues to "hit" at this rate (no indication he won't), and if he continues to be a starter, then yes, it will be the worst ever.

According to this article, -3.9 WAR was the worst for a regular position player:

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/all-time-single-season-team-the-worst-of-the-worst/

 

The problem with beating that record is that if you play as badly as Davis has you either get released or benched.  The reason Davis has a chance is instead of releasing or benching Davis,  Buck bats him clean up and claims fans are just picking on Davis for his slump. 

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8 hours ago, Oriol3s said:

Batting Davis 4th is insane even if you're trying to end up with the #1 draft pick.  Honestly, it's more like Buck is daring Angelos to fire him.  Who knows, it may be defiance on his part because the FO isn't listening to him.  Or he's blindly going on "tack records" that are no longer good.

 

To answer the OP, it could get to .450.  I can't fathom an ML hitter falling below that.

Yeah, If I were Buck and the Orioles, I'd be a little more careful about the starting lineup as it has become very obvious the O's are tanking the season for the 1st pick in the draft next year. Come on - CD batting cleanup?? What's next - have CD leadoff?? Could the O's forfeit next year's first pick in the draft if it becomes too obvious they are not making an effort to field a competitive team? That would suck!

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10 hours ago, FanSince88 said:

And honestly we should be holding Davis responsible for Mancini's negative WAR because Davis is the one forcing Trey out of position in LF.  Just disgraceful. 

And Buck continuing to insist on not only playing Davis but batting him in the heart of the order is an abomination.  It's an absolute travesty and makes a mockery of the game of baseball.  

I agree. But Christ needs to have the worst season in history in order to encourage him to take a buy out. BUT Buck does not need to bat him 4th.  

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3 minutes ago, pastorfan said:

I agree. But Christ needs to have the worst season in history in order to encourage him to take a buy out. BUT Buck does not need to bat him 4th.  

It could happen. I hear Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball.

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Buck has a tough dilemma — playing the lineup/order that gives the team the best chance to win every day vs. trying to show confidence in Davis and try to find a way to shake him out of the doldrums and milk whatever value can be milked from the remaining $100 mm+ remaining on his contract.  One could argue, the season is lost so you may as well spend it trying to shake Davis out of his funk even if it costs games.   

The trouble with that thinking is, this doesn’t appear to be a guy who’s just in a really deep slump.   This is a guy who has lost the ability to play Major League Baseball.    And it doesn’t appear that any degree of psychology, motivational ploys or coaching can fix that.   

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