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J.D. Davis Not Traded To Rays

By Darragh McDonald | July 30, 2024 at 5:26pm CDT

The Rays have not acquired infielder J.D. Davis from the Yankees. Jon Heyman of The New York Post reported on X that Davis was going to the Rays but later recanted it, also on X. Davis had been designated for assignment by the Yankees a couple of days ago and is presumably still in DFA limbo. He’ll have to be put on waivers in the coming days now that the trade deadline has passed.

Davis, 31, has had a strange year. Back in February, he and the Giants went to an arbitration hearing, which he won. That set him up to make $6.9MM this year instead of the $6.5MM figure the club requested. But after the Giants signed Matt Chapman, they put Davis on waivers and released him.

Under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement, arbitration salaries are guaranteed if they agreed to prior to a hearing, but not if a hearing takes place. The Giants only had to pay Davis about 30 days’ termination pay, which was roughly $1.1MM. He then signed with the A’s, earning a $2.5MM guarantee. Even when combined with the termination pay from the Giants, he was making only about half of what he thought he earned in arbitration.

He hit .236/.304/.366 in his time with Oakland, leading to a subpar 96 wRC+. The rebuilding A’s likely hoped to turn Davis into a deadline trade chip but it wasn’t trending that way so they designated him assignment and flipped him to the Yankees in a small deal. But he didn’t receive much playing time as a Yankee, getting into just seven games in over a month before being designated for assignment again.

Davis slashed .268/.352/.443 from 2019 to 2023 for a wRC+ of 120. Though he has struggled this year, teams looking for roster upgrades won’t have much choice now that the deadline is done, so perhaps his past track record will draw someone’s attention. He has more than enough service time to reject an outright assignment while retaining all of his salary, so he’ll end up a free agent if he clears waivers. At that point, a team could sign him for just the prorated league minimum with that amount subtracted from what the Yankees pay.

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47 Comments

  1. parksy78

    11 months ago

    Whoa

    1
    Reply
    • mlbnyyfan

      11 months ago

      JD for who? Hopefully Fairbanks. Haha

      1
      Reply
    • MLB Top 100 Commenter

      11 months ago

      Defeat snatched from the jaws of victory.

      2
      Reply
  2. VegasMoved

    11 months ago

    Sick of the Rays buying all the talent.

    10
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    • Always an A’s fan

      11 months ago

      HaHa

      Reply
  3. luckyh

    11 months ago

    The steal of the day. Congrats Rays fans.

    2
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    • raisinsss

      11 months ago

      Mets JD Davis was actually really good and also unlucky.

      Led the league in xWOBA – WOBA iirc.

      Surely the rays see something…. Right?

      3
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      • BrandonGregory74

        11 months ago

        Versatile and hits for some power.

        Reply
        • raisinsss

          11 months ago

          He can play multiple positions*

          *very poorly

          Reply
  4. judgementday99

    11 months ago

    The curse of Ji-man Choi 2.0. Just wait

    Reply
    • fljay73

      11 months ago

      If it’s only cash considerations who cares.

      Reply
    • AlistairC

      11 months ago

      That sounds like one of those straight to DVD movie titles you find in the bins at Wal-mart. The cover looks exactly like “The Mummy 2”, but it’s “The Curse of Ji-Man Choi 2.0.”

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      Reply
  5. Six Shooter

    11 months ago

    Paredes who?

    Reply
  6. fljay73

    11 months ago

    Now Davis can grow back his A’s beard!!

    Reply
    • julyn82001

      11 months ago

      That’s probably why he failed. He looked like a hipster eww…

      Reply
  7. tbfern

    11 months ago

    Paredes who? Just Dingers Davis is here to save us! (I’m delusional)

    2
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    • mlbnyyfan

      11 months ago

      TB could have had Torres for a bucket of baseballs

      Reply
    • RShore05

      11 months ago

      @TBFERN-After watching him play for the Yankees that last few weeks, he’s more like Just Doodo Davis now. He was just atrocious during his brief stint in the Bronx. Maybe if he can turn it around if he’s given the chance to play everyday, but if the A’s had seen enough of him, that should be a sign.

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      Reply
  8. Viveleempireevil

    11 months ago

    Rays would be better off trading for Geena Davis.

    3
    Reply
    • fljay73

      11 months ago

      Thelma & Loiuse Davis?
      Or Now?

      Reply
  9. Ferpad

    11 months ago

    We’ll take Cash (the manager), international bonus money or Rays can take Cashman.

    2
    Reply
  10. Sk8

    11 months ago

    Right now, JD Vance could probably hit better than JD Davis.

    3
    Reply
    • raisinsss

      11 months ago

      No this is baseball not couchball…

      4
      Reply
    • TellItGoodbye

      11 months ago

      So could officer JD Tippit.

      1
      Reply
    • Viveleempireevil

      11 months ago

      Course, he’d have to shave first.

      Reply
  11. dpcollects

    11 months ago

    Fake News.

    3
    Reply
    • mrperkins

      11 months ago

      You were correct!

      Reply
  12. GabeItch

    11 months ago

    Watch the Rays sneak in and make the playoffs after that fire sale – I think they can do it!

    2
    Reply
  13. Datashark

    11 months ago

    JD Davis
    West-coast -> East coast -> Southern coast

    Nation traveler

    Reply
    • Datashark

      11 months ago

      oops rejected! I guess tampa is waiting for minimum cost once DFA clears

      Reply
      • fljay73

        11 months ago

        Pro Rated Minimum sounds a lot better.

        Reply
  14. windycity89

    11 months ago

    Heyman made a mistake. Davis wasn’t traded to TB

    Reply
    • raisinsss

      11 months ago

      Will pundits never learn that flight logs are unreliable?

      2
      Reply
      • YankeesBleacherCreature

        11 months ago

        A plane landed in Tampa. JD Davis must be on it. No response from Davis’ agent. Tweet.

        2
        Reply
    • Viveleempireevil

      11 months ago

      Nooooo. Really???

      Reply
  15. sad tormented neglected mariners fan

    11 months ago

    I’ve never seen an article saying a player wasn’t traded to a team, it sounds so weird

    1
    Reply
  16. phenomenalajs

    11 months ago

    DFA trades needed to be completed by the deadline as well, correct?

    1
    Reply
    • Bucket Number Six

      11 months ago

      Yes. They can only do trades for players not on the 40 man going forward.

      1
      Reply
  17. Karensjer

    11 months ago

    Dodged a bullet, and didn’t have to give anybody to the evil empire. This is about the only Rays move I’m happy with in the past 2 weeks.

    Reply
  18. DODGER JR

    11 months ago

    What a shock!!!!! Heyman with bad information.

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  19. Flanster

    11 months ago

    Is it true that he reported that Davis was traded for Arson Judge?

    5
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    • Viveleempireevil

      11 months ago

      No. He actually reported that Geena Davis was traded for Orson Bean.

      Reply
  20. TellItGoodbye

    11 months ago

    And with that the Rays win the trade deadline!

    Reply
  21. raisinsss

    11 months ago

    BREAKING: Pete Alonso NOT traded to the Dodgers.

    1
    Reply
  22. Moneyballer

    11 months ago

    We’re reporting on who has not been traded!? You have some work to do!

    1
    Reply
  23. abcmets99

    11 months ago

    So he cost himself several millions by going to arbitration hearing to fight over $400k?

    Reply
  24. Player to be named in the future 2

    11 months ago

    From the man who brought us Arson Judge

    Reply

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