Why was Matt Davidson Dropped?
Matt Davidson Statistics

In my opinion, the single worst blunder by Rick Hahn during the offseason was getting rid of Matt Davidson.* To be clear, the reason for this is not Davidson's hitting such as his 20 HR's last season, but instead his pitching.

If you click n the above link to Baseball Reference and scroll down to "Standard Pitching" you will find the following:

Davidson pitched 3 innings in 3 games giving up zero hits and only 1 walk. You would think that given all the team's bullpen problems last year, that Hahn would have decided to go about making Davidson a true utility player who could both pitch and hit for the team. Instead of having Davidson pitch 3 innings a season, Hahn could have tried it make it at least an inning a week if not more.* It was pitching that should have given Davidson the edge over Palka in determining just who gets to stay on with the team.

Instead, Hahn opted to drop Davidson while keeping the likes of Palka and Nate Jones on the team and now we are paying the price for that poorly thought out decision.
- posted by Charles Rector @ 9:08 PM