[Pirates] We have ended the rehab assignment of C Yasmani Grandal with Triple-A Indianapolis and activated him from the 10-day injured list. C Henry Davis has been optioned to Triple-A to make room for Grandal on the 26-man active roster.
May 3, 2024
[Pirates] We have ended the rehab assignment of C Yasmani Grandal with Triple-A Indianapolis and activated him from the 10-day injured list. C Henry Davis has been optioned to Triple-A to make room for Grandal on the 26-man active roster.
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Nice! 35 year old taking the place of the number 1 overall pick in the draft. Is there a way to option cherington along with him?
Hopefully this lets Davis get his head right
Necessary, but damn does this make me sad.
Best thing to happen to Davis. He gets time to mash AAA and get right. Grandal will be re injured again but a welcome respite for Davis I’m sure
Need to demote the coaching staff first. Start from the foundation when building a building. Not the roof.
It’s called accountability. Hopefully there are more moves to follow.
I don’t know how a guy goes #1 who can’t hit field or throw. It’s pretty remarkable
I hate to see that kid struggle like this. I dont like to assign blame much either but I have to wonder what his headspace had been like all of last year and this offseason. With how GMBC has set precedent for this organization to overvalue defense at his position and never verbally committing him to having that job, I can see a hardworker like Henry go all in on getting his backstop game down and put offense on the back burner.
He hasn’t been horrendous defensively considering they were going to make him a RF. He needs time in Indy to get hitting. He’s a leader, he will be back and better. He works too hard not to be successful. I truly believe that.
Davis’ timeline:
June 2023: Davis spent 14 games in AAA before being called up to the bigs. His first month in the show, he slashed .295/.391/.463 and took Ohtani yard twice in one game.
August 2023: Injured his hand: put on 10-day IL.
September 2023: 1 week rehab assignment in AAA, then called back up to the big club.
Feb—March 2024: Davis finished spring training this year with a .290/.421/.677 slash and 3 homers.
Where are all the people who said how good Hank was ? He’s a bust
Thank goodness. Davis needs some time in AAA to get his shit together.
I have heard it said that the move to catching full time shift the mindset from hitting to catching, the most cerebral position in the game. Maybe catcher isn’t Henry’s long term position, despite him playing decent defense.
13 comments
Nice! 35 year old taking the place of the number 1 overall pick in the draft. Is there a way to option cherington along with him?
Hopefully this lets Davis get his head right
Necessary, but damn does this make me sad.
Best thing to happen to Davis. He gets time to mash AAA and get right. Grandal will be re injured again but a welcome respite for Davis I’m sure
Need to demote the coaching staff first. Start from the foundation when building a building. Not the roof.
It’s called accountability. Hopefully there are more moves to follow.
I don’t know how a guy goes #1 who can’t hit field or throw. It’s pretty remarkable
I hate to see that kid struggle like this. I dont like to assign blame much either but I have to wonder what his headspace had been like all of last year and this offseason. With how GMBC has set precedent for this organization to overvalue defense at his position and never verbally committing him to having that job, I can see a hardworker like Henry go all in on getting his backstop game down and put offense on the back burner.
He hasn’t been horrendous defensively considering they were going to make him a RF. He needs time in Indy to get hitting. He’s a leader, he will be back and better. He works too hard not to be successful. I truly believe that.
Davis’ timeline:
June 2023: Davis spent 14 games in AAA before being called up to the bigs. His first month in the show, he slashed .295/.391/.463 and took Ohtani yard twice in one game.
August 2023: Injured his hand: put on 10-day IL.
September 2023: 1 week rehab assignment in AAA, then called back up to the big club.
Feb—March 2024: Davis finished spring training this year with a .290/.421/.677 slash and 3 homers.
Where are all the people who said how good Hank was ? He’s a bust
Thank goodness. Davis needs some time in AAA to get his shit together.
I have heard it said that the move to catching full time shift the mindset from hitting to catching, the most cerebral position in the game. Maybe catcher isn’t Henry’s long term position, despite him playing decent defense.