2013 IPP: Ike Davis

[ashie62]

I'm shocked. He's all yours...

[Edgy MD]

No, actually he's not. Please don't be sarcastic.

I just don't see the profit in having Justin Turner or his like at every position. I think that makes sense. You work with who you got until you get somebody in place who eclipses him.

OE: I don't understand the issue with aggravation. Is he aggravating because he chases girls and disrespects the flag, or his he just not hitting well enough? I imagine it's the latter. But then, which players are hitting .146 that are "worth it"?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Ike Davis certainly still has potential to be a big impact player. It's just that recent events have been putting that potential more and more in doubt. But as Edgy says, there's no point giving up on him until there's someone better to replace him with.

And whether that happens sooner or later depends on Ike. If he starts on a tear tonight and finishes the season with 45 homers, nobody will be talking about replacing him.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Everyone goes 3-for-40 (or the like) at some point. That Ike's had his worst stretches at the season's outset two years running just makes them look uglier than they are.

If the OBP and K numbers look like last year's at year's end, THEN we can talk. Otherwise... if you want to talk comparables (flawed first basemen with significant offensive upside)... hell, he's making the same money as 34-year-old Carlos Pena, half as much as Mark Reynolds, 1/3 as much as Alex Gordon or Billy Butler, and 1/5 as much as Adam Dunn, Swisher, or Morneau. Even super-bargain post-hype-breakout Oriole Chris Davis is making a little more ($3.3M to $3.1M), and is a year older. Who would you rather have?