Mark Trumbo vs. Chris Davis

[Angel Oracle]

Davis started off in his age 22/23 seasons as a platoon guy (about 700 at bats in those 2 seasons with .880 and .727 OPS seasons).   Then he disappeared until resurfacing in Baltimore at age 26 in 2012 and putting up an .827 OPS, and of course took off in 2013. 

 

Both Davis and Trumbo have a background of being big K guys with massive power.

Both have improved their BBs numbers over the years.

 

Can Trumbo ever put up at least a .900 OPS in any of the next 3 seasons?

[Brent Maguire]

I sure hope he does but it looks unlikely. I think best case scenario is he has an .830 OPS type season. 

[Chimi]

How many guys are going to finish with 35+ HRs this year and an OPS under .800?  Not a lot I'm going to guess.

[Tyler]

I think he can. It'll be largely in part thanks to his slugging%.

[The God of Runs]

He doesn't need to be a .900 OPS guy to be valuable. Trumbo has 95 HRs in just 3 seasons with a few more games to go. A lot of guys are no where near that level of power. He will mash for whatever team he plays for. If he ever became an .830 player, we would be all over his nut sack, cause he would be driving in runs and hitting balls out of the stadium with even more regularity.

And, it's very doable for him to get to .830. He just needs not to slump as drastically as he does. Cause when he's hot, he's Trout-like.

[jshep]

I suppose he's theoretically capable of going berserk on baseball one of these years. It wouldn't be something I would expect in the least(especially not at the level Chris Davis has been this year), but baseball is weird and unpredictable.

 

And Chris Davis is pretty outlier-y. So while the possibility that Trumbo blows away what you would expect is something to be aware of(and that's true for just about every time you trade away a player), I don't think the odds of it are nearly high enough to where you would shy away from dealing him because of it(not that's the necessarily the context the OP was phrased in, but...).

 

Odds are, he probably pretty much is what he is.

[Adam]

All Trumbo needs to do is hit the roids hard this off-season

[Angel Oracle]

Getting a few more hits wouldn't hurt.    Having an OBP barely to .300 is not good in the long run.

[stevestevens]

All Trumbo needs to do is hit the roids hard this off-season

Adam beat me to it. If I had to pick one guy and only one guy that I thought was on roids, davis would be the one I pick.

[Michifan]

Adam beat me to it. If I had to pick one guy and only one guy that I thought was on roids, davis would be the one I pick.

But he says he's not. Isn't that enough? (sarcasm on)

[arch stanton]

He's made baby steps each year but for most guys like them change is not incremental. Just one little adjustment might improve his plate coverage or vision to the point of being a Eureka moment.  I wouldn't be a bit surprised if he goes on a 3 month tear next season and ends up with 40+ home runs, which is no small feat for an Angels player. They currently have a one man club of 40 homer hitters in their history.

[YouthofToday]

Chris Davis is very much the exception.

I don't see Trumbo suddenly developing massive pitch recognition skills.

[sneaky_flute]

Chris Davis isn't on roids. He's always had tremendous power but was prone to striking out before this season. Adam Jones allegedly helped him fix his swing.

[Stradling]

Wow someone mentioned steroids yesterday in this thread an still no sign of cezero, I hope he's ok.

[Angel Oracle]

Davis still Ks a lot, more than Trumbo in 2013.