Ike Davis should be in the prime of his career. He turns 29 next month. Instead, he signed a minor league deal with the Rangers, for whom he has almost no chance to stick as a first baseman/DH, assuming health from fellow lefties Mitch Moreland and Prince Fielder.
The Yankees had considered signing Davis to stash at Triple-A in case injury struck Mark Teixeira. The Yankees’ first base security blanket, Greg Bird, needed shoulder surgery and the team said he is lost for the season.
Davis, as it turns out, has had a Kevin Maas arc to his career – an early spate of power that suggested great possibilities, but was not sustainable.