When I saw him live, another thing that struck me was that he seemed unfocused and unmotivated. I don’t saw that as a bad thing. It’s an observation. When he walked to and from the field, there was no fire. It seemed like he was in a haze. Not sure if it was that he was mentally and physically tired after a long season or what.

As for hitting, he seems to have altered his stance a bit. I’m not sure if it’s to tailor his swing more to wood bats or him trying something new once he started struggled, but it just didn’t work for him. The swing I saw in college was much smoother with his hands and shoulders at a higher starting point. The swing I saw with the Cyclones (both in person and on TV) was clunkier and with a lower starting point, which may attribute to his getting beat high and in.

When I saw him in college, he reminded me of Ryan Church in a way. I’d still welcome if he eventually turned into the Church from the 1st half of last season, but Davis needs to come in more focused and must iron out his swing.

On defense, I like him better in right than at first because of his arm, but his footwork is good for first and he has soft hands. Where he eventually plays will depend on (1) whether he pans out at all, and (2) where Daniel Murphy and Fernando Martinez play (if they, too, pan out). That’s a stretch at this point.

In an ideal world:
(i) Murphy plays first while hitting .285-.290 with 15-20 homers (power is scouts main concern aside from his defense);
(ii) Martinez plays left field while hitting .280-.285 with 25 homers or so; anbd
(iii) Davis plays right while turning into a Ryan Church-type player.

But you know what? This is only the ideal scenario and odds of this happening are slim in most cases.