Chris Davis
by joltinjoe on Jul 27, 2008 2:27 AM EDT
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PrintThe big lefty just hit his 10th homer of the season in the majors and added a double for good measure.
Thus far, he's actually hit better against lefties, which he also did in double and triple A this year. He's batting just a tick over .300 with 6 walks and 22 k's in 89 ab's. he's got an OBP of roughly .345 and a slugging of over .700 for an OPS of over 1.000.
The dude mashed in the minors and appears to have carried that over to the big leagues. He's only 22 and is playing in a great hitting ball park.
What does the community think of Chris Davis? Is he just off to a very hot start? Is he this good? Will he be considered one of the premier sluggers in the game within the next few years?
I'm obviously a big fan but I wanted to see what others thought of him.
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Well no one's good enough to consistently slug .700 sans steroids
But clearly Chris Davis is a badass.
Not even close...
more like a Left Handed Chuck Norris or Jack Bauer. Or maybe a hybrid of all three, with some Babe Ruth tossed in?
left handed chuck norris
classic! After all, he is a Texas Ranger.
“Cause when the eyes of a Ranger are upon….”
The Giants need to sign Harry Doyle.
Mike Jacobs
Ok, yeah, Davis had better minor league #’s, and is up at age 22 not 24, but..
-Similar swing + physique.
-Both mashed in the minors (Davis admittedly much more consistently)
-Neither really walked much in the minors despite their power numbers
-Remember Jacobs also had a good first run in the bigs: he put up .310/ .375/ .710
So yeah Davis is better but I wouldn’t say that he’s the next premier slugger, I would think of him a better player in the same mold as Mike Jacobs.
Go Jays
by providence bruins on Jul 27, 2008 12:35 PM EDT reply actions
I like that comp
I was struggling to come up with someone, but I think that works.
by El Duq of Hurl on Jul 27, 2008 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Jacobs is looking like a 30 homerun guy at best...Davis
hit 36 last year and now has 33 between AA, AAA and the majors. He looks like he is legitimately a 40+ homerun guy.
The only thing comparable is that they have a similar first 100 at bats in the majors. And as you said Davis is doing it at 2+ years younger. And at 22 he is an inch taller and 20 pounds heavier than a 28 year old Jacobs.
I would say his production will be closer to Prince Fielder than it will be to Mike Jacobs.
But how could Jacobs only be a 30 homerun guy?
He hit 46 on my MLB 2K8 team!
I am like your Dan Aykroyd and biglow would be Jane, the ignorant slut. -Chad
I agree
Until this year, Jacobs only once had a year where he hit more than 20 home runs. Chris Davis hit 36 last year, and already has 33 this year. Despite being, as you say, older, it took Jacobs 2078 atbats to hit 71 home runs. Davis hit 74 in 1045 minor league at bats.
I don’t really know what to make of Prince Fielder. Is he the 30HR hitter that he looked like in the minors and this year, or the 50 HR hitter he was last year? Fielder also has a significantly better eye than Davis, both in terms of drawing walks and avoiding strikeouts. I wonder if a better comparison might be Ryan Howard (who was also drafted in the 5th round!) Davis got very good faster, (Howard didn’t explode until he was 24) but it’s obviously still an open question whether he’ll ever reach the same power levels that Howard does. Howard walks more, but he also strikes out more than Davis does. I think Howard might be a reasonable best case scenario for Davis
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by OldProspects on Jul 27, 2008 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Either way
We’re talking about some pretty lofty comps here. If Davis can develop a better eye and cut down on the K’s…..Look Out!
Ripken.....thanks for the memories...
What's problemmatic about all of this
Is that what distinguishes Ryan Howard from every 23 year old who does solidly in A+ is that he dramatically improved from there. That being said, speaking strictly of HR potential, I’m having trouble thinking of any recent prospect who’s been significantly better as young. Obviously people like Pujols and Cabrera were much better than Davis is – as hitters, but not necessarily as power hitters. Is Davis pretty much as good as a power hitting prospect as there has been recently?
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by OldProspects on Jul 27, 2008 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Gotta Remember
That Davis wasn’t a full-time hitter until two years ago. In JUCO he pitched as well. Keeping that in mind, in addition the fact that he has changed positions and the fact that he was better in AA that he was in Hi-A, and better in AAA than he was in AA, I’m really impressed. I think Howard with less Ks and less BBs is about right…
I think he'll regress like Bruce did
as pitchers start to adjust to his approach.
by number_twentyone on Jul 28, 2008 12:59 AM EDT reply actions
Then you haven't watched him play
After watching him play for the Rangers the last couple of weeks I think the opposite will happen. There have been several times where Davis has been really fooled on a pitch and struck out and then later in the game seeing the same pitch and hit a home run. I have seen him do that several times and off pitchers who were pitching well. He seems to be great at making adjustments and all his coaches have had high praise for his ability to make adjustments.
No I don't mean his numbers will be better
I just think he will continue to adjust and develop and become a better all around hitter. The .700 SLG is from a very small sample size. I doubt he continues to hit home runs at this rate, but I still think he will hit a lot of home runs. I don’t think that all of the sudden the league is going to figure him out. I think he will get better all around as he becomes more comfortable with the pitchers and the league. That doesn’t mean he will SLG .700 but probably .600+
A lefty Ryan Braun.
Similar power, k rates and walk rates. Both are ex-3rd baggers and most importantly the ball just explodes off both their bats.
A lefty Ryan Braun
Similar power, k rates and walk rates. Both are ex-3rd baggers and most importantly the ball just explodes off both their bats.
Davis
Hard to say just yet. I think he’s going to make better contact than Jacobs.
I also believe his SZ judgment will come around. He won’t be like Lance Berkman or anything, but I can see a day where Davis has 50 BBs in 500 ABs.
Yes: 125-150 Ks, too.
"That ain't no etch-a-sketch. This is one doodle that can't be un-did, homeskillet."
why the hell is he batting 9th?
he was 8th forever… and now that he’s been moved, i was not expecting it to be down…
Ron Washington is goofy
Also, Texas is overloaded with left handed bats and bats RHB first and second most days. So they’re usually squeezing 5-6 LHB in those other seven spots, and he just bats Davis behind Blalock and Murphy among the lefties for some odd reason.
Offense doesn't doubt me, but my first and primemost thing is defense and punt return and kickoff return
by Brett Perryman on Jul 28, 2008 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
He got bumped
because Blalock was taken out of the lineup and Vazquez came in at 9.
Offense doesn't doubt me, but my first and primemost thing is defense and punt return and kickoff return
by Brett Perryman on Jul 28, 2008 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
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