2014 IPP: Ike Davis

[Benjamin Grimm]

It was moderately popular last year, so we'll try it again this year. IPP stands for Individual Player Predictions. These will be threads where we share our expectations of how a player will perform in the current year. Feel free to make your predictions as specific or as vague as you like. (You can find a listing of the 2013 IPPs here.)

I wish I could be optimistic about Ike Davis. I think he'll win the job in spring training, but will get off to another horrible start in April. By May 1 he'll be a minor leaguer or a bench player, and by June 1 he'll be a memory.

[Vic Sage]

ditto.

[smg58]

I could still see 30 homers and a .260/.340/.520 line from him if he keeps his head on, but I won't guarantee that happens (or would happen here if it does). I get the sense that the Mets want to give first base to Duda, and Davis has been around long enough where he can (and most likely will) refuse a demotion.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

I like that they're planning to get him a ton of ABs in the spring so he's further along into the early-season slump by Opening Day. I think he's better -- but still prone to injuries.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Starts out hot. Gets nagging wrist or leg injury. Misses some time, then doesn't come back right.

Something like 280 PA, 18 R/8 HR/32 RBI, .247/.360/.438.

[Ceetar]

too volatile to predict with any confidence.

.248/.345/.449 28 HR, 170 Ks, 90 BB, 1 3B, 4 SB over 515 PA

Think Satin gets a fair amount of the time against lefties but that he mostly holds down the job all year. He'll have a dead period of a couple of weeks in both May and August but will also have a 8 HR/.450 OBP month.

[Theoldmole]

.240, 29 HR, 90 RBI.

[Farmer Ted]

Mets play a ST game at Houston (Kissimmee) on March 26. Ike goes on the bus, doesn't come back. Mets get two minor leaguers in return.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

.255 17-60 in half a season platooning. In Pittsburgh.

[ashie62]

Waiting for a "memories of Ike" thread...

[metirish]

.195 - 4 HR - 20 RBI - sent down and gone gone gone

[MFS62]

.265-21-71.
Later

[Lefty Specialist]

.210 5-20, gets traded by June. Would be happy to be incorrect, but his trajectory is just wrong.

[Centerfield]

He's going to suck for a month then be released.

[Zvon]

I still like Ike.

.267 / 33 HR / 88 RBI

[Guest d'Kong76]

Fans will be clamoring that Ike is on the all-star team.

[Zvon]

[Edgy MD]

Zvon wrote: I still like Ike. .267 / 33 HR / 88 RBI

That'd be hard. To get that many homers with enough hits to bat .267, and still get less than 90 RBI.

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Zvon wrote: I still like Ike. .267 / 33 HR / 88 RBI That'd be hard. To get that many homers with enough hits to bat .267, and still get less than 90 RBI.

I agree. Nothing's easy with Ike.

[Guest Mixtapewormhole]

Good enough to avoid benching/demotion, not good enough to avoid being immensely frustrating. Expecting a line similar to his rookie year. 18 homers, .350 on-base. Probably gets hurt.

[Guest d'Kong76]

d'Kong76 wrote: Fans will be clamoring that Ike is on the all-star team.

Uh, swing and a miss.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

d'Kong76 wrote: d'Kong76 wrote: Fans will be clamoring that Ike is on the all-star team. Uh, swing and a miss.

In all fairness, Kase, you didn't specify which fans.

[G-Fafif]

Anybody project Ike in the postseason? 'Cause that's where he'll be.

We got the better season at first base. He got the better 2014 outcome. Win-winnish.

[Zvon]

G-Fafif wrote: Anybody project Ike in the postseason? 'Cause that's where he'll be. We got the better season at first base. He got the better 2014 outcome. Win-winnish.

I wish Ike a powerful post (if he plays). I predict he will hit a big homer.

As a friend.
From a distance.