Meyer on Davis

Great Q & A with Paul Meyer today. He knows things. One thing of interest to the discussion here: J.J. Davis, if claimed on waivers, can be assigned to AAA and stay there forever. In other words, there's zero chance that he'll slip through waivers. Putting him on waivers will be the same thing as giving him away.

It would be unfortunate but nothing that would sink the ship. Quality corner outfielders are easy to come by, and we have Ruben Mateo mashing it up for Nashville. The Bucs need to focus on developing up-the-middle players who hit the ball often and hit the ball hard. Our future success depends more on Jack Wilson, Jose Castillo, Bobby Hill, Freddy Sanchez, and Tike Redman than it does on the less graceful guys who field at the positions which don't command enormous salaries on the free agent market. Say Jack Wilson keeps this up and finishes the year .280 / .340 / .400. The Bucs would be out $4M-$5M per year to replace that production if they don't have an in-house option. Say they lose all their right fielders. For $2M per year they can sign a guy like Reggie Sanders.