J.D. Davis went to the theater to see Dune Part 2, only to end up learning that his future with the Giants was far from certain.
The third baseman, who spent more than three seasons with the Mets before being traded to San Francisco in 2022, said he received no notice from the Giants’ front office before signing Matt Chapman to a three-year, $54 million deal. He’s also a third baseman — on Friday. According to the San Francisco Chronicle.
As such, Davis currently expects Chapman to play shortstop and third base, be traded, or be a backup in 2024, the paper reported.
“I don’t know what the game plan is,” he said, according to the Chronicle. “And I don’t want to put my foot in my mouth.”
Davis may have been off the table in the final stages of the deal, but it wasn’t an entirely unexpected route for the Giants — and Davis has known Chapman since their days together as teammates at Cal State Fullerton. I know very well.
San Francisco manager Bob Melvin called Davis in December and acknowledged the rumors swirling around Chapman, complimenting him, saying, “I believe in you,” and adding, “I’m counting on you a lot as my third baseman.” “I’m here,” he told Davis. He was recalled to The Athletic in February..
“I’m really grateful for that call,” Davis said last month, according to the outlet. “I know there’s a lot of rumors. But I was able to prove last year after coming back from injury that I can play third base for any team, so I’m fine.
“If I’m still on the team and Matt Chapman signs with the team, we’ll go back to college and try to catch more ground balls and kick his butt every day.”
In 2023, when Davis and the Giants traveled to Citi Field, when their postseason start and even World Series hopes ended in a 75-87 disaster, Mets players said, He said he felt like he was walking on a shell.
He also had a lot of turmoil with the Mets, playing under three different managers and five different general managers.
“There were so many moving parts and so much uncertainty, and I wasn’t alone. There were a lot of players in the clubhouse that felt like they were in survival mode,” Davis told reporters in July. Told.
But after his latest contract with the Giants, Davis may be fighting to keep his role with the Giants (which resulted in him playing in 144 games and hitting .248 with 69 RBIs in 2023) intact. unknown.
