Chris Davis had the first of two scheduled days off June 12. The Boston Red Sox were scheduled to start two left-handers, and Orioles manager Buck Showalter thought it was the right time to give his slump-ridden first baseman another rest.
"Trying a lot of things," Showalter said about the measures he's taken to shake Davis, who's in the midst of a historically bad season.
Davis' last four weeks have been particularly brutal. He's batting.111 (8-for-72) with 35 strikeouts.