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He’s been 33 percent better than a league-average hitter, by measure of wRC+. 292/.375/.490 batting line with 32 home runs and 36 doubles in just 771 plate appearances. That’s not just a total small-sample fluke, either since being traded to the Mets, Davis has produced. 325/.416/.545 with four long balls and five doubles. He’s absolutely raked in 89 plate appearances this season, hitting. Setting the defensive question marks aside, though, the draw of Davis is very clearly his bat - and with good reason. His former club, the Astros, gave him some brief looks at first base, too. It’s not a great profile, and the Mets have also tried Davis in left field. He’s spent 944 career innings at third base and posted -21 Defensive Runs Saved, a -4.0 Ultimate Zone Rating and -10 Outs Above Average. That’s not to say concerns about Davis’ glove are without merit. He’s missed most of the season since that time, owing to a finger injury, but he hasn’t made an error since that time - a span of 18 games and 26 chances at the hot corner. Davis’ defense was put under a microscope early this year, in particular, when he made three errors at third base in a span of two games. The 28-year-old has been an oft-cited trade possibility despite being a vastly above-average hitter during his time with the Mets - in part due to questions about his glovework.

That Davis’ name has again surfaced in rumors only feels natural, given how prominently he was cited in offseason rumblings. Nothing involving Davis is close at this time, he adds. As was rumored throughout the offseason, McDaniel notes that some execs have speculated the Mets could be hoping to include Davis as part of a package to acquire a prominent name such as Kris Bryant or Trevor Story. Davis available in trades, reports ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel. The Mets have made slugging corner infielder/outfielder J.D.