Seems like this is just all in his head.

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But he forces himself to keep his head up, so pitchers can't see how demoralized he is. In doing so, he stares into a sea of fans at Camden Yards who tell him something he already knows, something that brings him to tears at his kitchen table: He sucks.

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https://www.si.com/mlb/2018/09/24/chris-davis-baltimore-orioles

I am with Palmer on this one. He needs to quit crying & make his best effort to earn that fat paycheck by making the adjustments they are asking him to make.

An 11 year career with $95M salary. Just...go...home. Just tell the O's you'll settle for some amount and leave. He's 32. He's got $92M still on the books, but my goodness.

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I am with Palmer on this one. He needs to quit crying & make his best effort to earn that fat paycheck by making the adjustments they are asking him to make.

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Don't think you understood anything about that article

Maybe not, why don't you explain what I missed? Just because I am not automatically agreeing with the narrative the author has presented doesn't necessarily mean I missed the point, maybe I just don't agree with the point.

It sounds to me like Davis is frustrated that defensive shifts have stymied his success but it also sounds like he's not willing to evolve and try a different approach. Rather than trying new things, it sounds like he's just trying to be better at the same old thing, which is obviously not working. Just because you are a good guy that cries at song lyrics and just because you were trying hard (at the things you feel like trying hard at) doesn't mean you're doing the right thing.

... And still owe him 4 x $23M.

I haven't dove deep into the CD #'s, but I don't think the shift has been what cratered his production -- he's striking out more and walking less (which the shift doesn't impact) and then when he does connect, he doesn't have the power he previously had.

His #'s certainly read like someone who "figured something out" for a period of time and then stopped "figuring something out".

Apparently I didn't understand anything about the article so take this for what it's worth, but it reads to me like a combination of the natural aging curve + lack of confidence with the impetus pf it all being the shift.

I have read similar articles about Pujols.

There is no shortage of players who had a great season or two and then basically vanished, or had significantly reduced production. Since we're on Baltimore, Brady Anderson comes to mind.

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There is no shortage of players who had a great season or two and then basically vanished, or had significantly reduced production. Since we're on Baltimore, Brady Anderson comes to mind.

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I think I've read that Brady was enhanced (creatine) during 96. Davis is just a bad combination of old man skills, evolving defenses, and whiffing at prodigious levels.

How much does it take, if you're Chris Davis, to accept some kind of buyout?

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How much does it take, if you're Chris Davis, to accept some kind of buyout?

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Given the magnitude of Baltimore's rebuild, there's no amount of production that will justify that salary. IOW, even if he hit 1.000 OPS with 50 bombs, Baltimore will still struggle to hit 70 wins, so they've got incentive.

As for Davis, if he's got some pride, he won't push too far. After all, he's only 32 - it's not a terrible deal to get paid not to play. idk - one year up front, plus $2M/year for the next 10 years - minus any baseball-related earnings? Basically half of the remaining deal, and you don't have to stand in front of booing fans on a 100 loss team for 4 years? Seems like a good deal to me, but what do I know...

He comes across as a Josh Hamilton figure - somebody you really want to root for, but with an over-the-top emphasis on introspection that brings some meatheaded behaviors along for the ride.

Better to suck & keep getting paychecks than to be great by juicing again and risk getting suspended without pay.

Davis can start (or get back on if that's what you believe) whatever drugs and supplements he wants to, but he's completely mentally lost at the plate.

His swings aren't consistent. He doesn't know what pitches are coming. He watches hittable pitches go by; then many of his swings aren't in the same county as the pitch location. He can look like Mark McGwire in the Got Milk advertisement but he's still going to have a lot of things to address.

A lot of this has been boiling since after the end of the 2015 season

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94chem said:

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There is no shortage of players who had a great season or two and then basically vanished, or had significantly reduced production. Since we're on Baltimore, Brady Anderson comes to mind.

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I think I've read that Brady was enhanced (creatine) during 96. Davis is just a bad combination of old man skills, evolving defenses, and whiffing at prodigious levels.

How much does it take, if you're Chris Davis, to accept some kind of buyout?

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LOL. Brady Anderson was doing a lot more than creatine.

And Davis is just a head case. I think the hometown pressure held him back in Texas. Now I think the contract is in his head in Baltimore. I do think age is contributing to it, but what is going on upstairs is primarily responsbile.

he must be on roids to be crying about his current state of being awful. Suck it up dude it will be over soon.try hitting off a tee for 4 hours a day you will get better

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he must be on roids to be crying about his current state of being awful. Suck it up dude it will be over soon.try hitting off a tee for 4 hours a day you will get better

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Hitting a stationary target is probably to blame for his lack of improvement. He needs to turn his training upside down and spend his entire off-season swinging at things he can barely see.

Article doesn't mention it, but I wonder if he's ever worked with a sports psychologist.