12:54pm: The Yankees are nearing a deal with Davis, according to Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News (on Twitter).
12:40pm: There has been contact between the Yankees and Davis’ representatives, reports Ken Davidoff of the New York Post (Twitter link).
11:12am: The Rangers have released first baseman Ike Davis from his minor league contract, Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News was among those to report (Twitter link). Davis joined the Rangers in February after receiving interest from multiple clubs, and he could find another taker on the open market.
Interestingly, the Yankees were among the teams that pursued Davis in the winter. Injuries have beset the Bombers at first base – where Mark Teixeira, Chris Parmelee and Dustin Ackley are all on the disabled list – so they once again look like a fit for Davis. The 29-year-old wasn’t all that effective at the Triple-A level for the Rangers, though, batting .246/.329/.406 with four home runs in 158 plate appearances.
Davis spent last season with the Athletics and hit a subpar .229/.301/.350 with three homers in 239 PAs. Those numbers are a far cry from his output during the first few years of his career. In his best three-year stretch (2010-12), Davis put up an above-average line of .252/.336/.461 and amassed 58 HRs in 1,334 trips to the plate with the Mets. In the last of those three seasons, he hit a career-high 32 balls over the fence. It’s worth noting that the lefty-swinging Davis has a significant platoon split as a major leaguer, having compiled a solid 122 wRC+ in 1,883 PAs against right-handers and a horrid 61 wRC+ in 494 PAs versus southpaws.
He’ll be a Yankee by Monday morning
He still sucks
Ike Davis is a perfect example of a rookie that takes the league by storm, but can’t make adjustments when pitchers figure him out. It’s a shame, but even so a lot of guys never even get that first part.
There were a lot of rumors too that Ike liked the night life quite a bit and didn’t take conditioning, etc. as seriously as he should have. Not to Manziel level, of course, but that may have also been an issue. His AAA numbers this season seem reasonable; he might be an adequate replacement-level guy vs. righties. Can also probably step right in, although the Yanks would have to DFA someone or move a guy to the 60-day DL.
So much for shipping off Moreland.
Why? We have Profar and Gallo who an play 1B. The way Moreland is hitting now we might want to wait
“How exciting, the missing piece to the World Series”
Great comment, you sound very “mature” and “smart”…
The short porch won’t help Ike his time with the Yankees will be short as well
That’s your opinion, not a fact.
Fact
Done deal. MLB deal.
I consider myself a big baseball fan and my favorite team is the A’s. I had no idea he wasn’t on the A’s.
That’s because they suck so even heir biggest fans don’t show up to games and don’t pay attention