I had a couple of talks with Henry Davis over the weekend in Philadelphia.

And one of the things that he'd mentioned, in addition to saying that he was starting to feel a little bit better at the plate and other stuff that I think

nobody at this stage would want to hear was that he, well, he didn't lobby, he didn't complain,

but he did make it pretty clear that he'd like to play a little bit more often.

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Pirates 3 Reds won yesterday at PNC Park.

Davis batted ninth and he got a rare start because day game following night game,

neither of which reflects particularly well on a number one overall pick at age 25,

and he proceeded to go out there and have a hell of a game.

Two for two, an RBI, a walk, threw out a runner at second base.

Kids got an 80 arm, by the way.

The scouting scale, if you don't know this in baseball,

runs from 20 to 80.

He has an 80 arm.

And he also made a terrific deke and tag at home plate

to record an out on a relay throw from Isaiah Kiner F Philefa, which by the way was also really good,

ended the fifth inning with that.

And all of that gets Henry's season average up to 190.

It gets his OPS to 539.

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