April 25, 20179 yr If Davidson could develop into a Jesse Barfield / Mark Reynolds type of bat that would be a boon for this organization.
April 25, 20179 yr QUOTE (beautox @ Apr 25, 2017 -> 10:02 AM) If Davidson could develop into a Jesse Barfield / Mark Reynolds type of bat that would be a boon for this organization. You mean if he could play 11 years, hit 240 HR and win a couple of gold gloves? I think any team would take that.
April 25, 20179 yr QUOTE (ptatc @ Apr 25, 2017 -> 10:56 AM) You mean if he could play 11 years, hit 240 HR and win a couple of gold gloves? I think any team would take that. haha, I was speaking solely from the offensive side. similar profiles. Matt obviously doesn't have the glove and is getting his look about 5 years later than when Jesse started. Having said that I think his glove is better than Reynolds and he does have some nice pop, doubt he would hit 40 like Barfield though.
April 25, 20179 yr Out of curiosity, does anyone have R/L splits for Davidson from the minors? Are they extreme?
April 25, 20179 yr QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 25, 2017 -> 08:44 AM) That was what was apparent from watching him play. The dude will consistently hit the ball hard. It's a matter of making contact on a more regular basis. The one nagging part of me is Smoak also has really nice batted ball stats to very little end. Davidsons swing and miss could be same.
April 25, 20179 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 25, 2017 -> 12:17 PM) Out of curiosity, does anyone have R/L splits for Davidson from the minors? Are they extreme? Here are the last 5 years 2016: vs RHP: .251/.332/.411 vs LHP: .312/.393/.532 2015: vs RHP: .196/.288/.349 vs LHP: .217/.304/.435 2014: vs RHP: .208/.279/.374 vs LHP: .176/.292/.331 2013: vs RHP: .296/.355/.534 vs LHP: .225/.333/.304 2012: vs RHP: .234/.339/.437 vs LHP: .339/.444/.559
April 25, 20179 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 25, 2017 -> 12:17 PM) Out of curiosity, does anyone have R/L splits for Davidson from the minors? Are they extreme? '13 @ AAA vs. L - .225/.333/.304 - .637 vs. R -.296/.355/.534 - .889 '14 @ AAA vs. L - .176/.292/.331 - .623 vs. R - .208/.279/.374 - .653 '15 @ AAA vs. L - .217/.304/.435 - .739 vs. R - .196/.288/.349 - .637 '16 @ AAA vs. L - .312/.393/.532 - .926 vs. R -.251/.332/.411 - .743
April 25, 20179 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 25, 2017 -> 12:17 PM) Out of curiosity, does anyone have R/L splits for Davidson from the minors? Are they extreme? 16: L: .312/.393/.532 - 3 HR (77 PA) R: .251/.332/.411 - 7 HR (207 PA) 15: L: .217/.304/.435 - 9 HR (161 PA) R: .196/.288/.349 - 14 HR (367 PA) 14: L: .176/.292/.331 - 5 HR (136 PA) R: .208/.279/.374 - 15 HR (342 PA) 13: L: .225/.333/.304 - 1 HR (102 PA) R: .296/.355/.534 - 16 HR (341 PA)
April 25, 20179 yr If nothing else, he looks like a useful bench bat going forward that can play 1B/3B/DH and hit lefties well enough to justify keeping him around. He has impressive power to all fields and he appears to have a good approach right now as well.
April 29, 20178 yr The more I see of Davidson, it is becoming easier to see why he was such a highly touted prospect at one time. His talent is obvious. Unfortunately, so are his flaws. He really needs to work on hitting the off speed stuff.
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