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Matt Davidson: Re-signs with Dinos
Matt Davidson signed a one-year contract with the NC Dinos of the Korea Baseball Organization on Thursday, Dan Kurtz of MyKBO.net reports.Davidson will receive up to $1.5 million in the deal, and the Dinos hold a $1.7 million option for 2026. He posted an impressive 1.033 OPS with 46 home runs across 567 plate appearances with the Dinos in 2024.
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Matt Davidson: Inks deal with Korean club
Matt Davidson signed a one-year, $700,000 contract with the NC Dinos of the Korea Baseball Organization on Thursday, Jee-ho Yoo of the Yonhap News Agency reports.He can bring his total salary to an even $1 million if he hits all of his incentives. Davidson, who will turn 33 in March, spent the 2023 campaign in Japan with the Hiroshima Carp, popping 21 homers in 117 contests.
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Matt Davidson: Finds work in Japan
Matt Davidson agreed with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball on a one-year, $902,000 contract on Thursday, Yahoo Japan reports.Had Davidson elected to continue his career stateside, he wouldn't have been in line for anything more than a minor-league deal that included an invitation to big-league spring training, so the 31-year-old's decision to chase the bigger payday overseas isn't a major surprise. Davidson spent the 2022 campaign in the Arizona and Oakland organizations, slashing .147/.216/.324 with a 35.1 percent strikeout rate in 37 plate appearances in the majors. He was one of the top sluggers at the Triple-A level, however, smashing 32 home runs between stops with the Diamondbacks' and Athletics' top affiliates in Reno and Las Vegas, respectively.
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Matt Davidson: Becomes free agent
Matt Davidson elected free agency Thursday, per Triple-A Las Vegas' official site.Davidson was designated for assignment by the Athletics on July 21 and spent the rest of the campaign with Triple-A Las Vegas. He managed only 37 plate appearances in the majors and posted a .147/.216/.324 line across 37 plate appearances between time with Arizona and Oakland.
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Athletics' Matt Davidson: Designated for assignment
Matt Davidson was designated for assignment by the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday, Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.Davidson has appeared in 13 games for Arizona and Oakland this season, hitting .147/.216/.324. As a 31-year-old corner infielder who last produced an above-average batting line in 2018, he's unlikely to generate much interest on the waiver wire.
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Athletics' Matt Davidson: Homers off bench Wednesday
Matt Davidson went 1-for-2 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 10-1 loss to the Red Sox.Davidson hit for Stephen Vogt in the sixth inning and promptly broke up the Red Sox's shutout bid. Since his recall from Triple-A Las Vegas, Davidson has gone 4-for-19 (.211). He's batting just .172 with two homers, three RBI and three runs scored through 32 plate appearances between Oakland and Arizona this year. Jonah Bride is expected to handle most of the work at third base for now, leaving Davidson to compete for playing time as the designated hitter.
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Athletics' Matt Davidson: Remains on bench Wednesday
Matt Davidson isn't starting Wednesday against the Red Sox.Davidson went 3-for-16 with a run, an RBI and eight strikeouts over his last five games, and he'll be out of the lineup for a second consecutive matchup. Jonah Bride is starting at the hot corner and batting ninth.
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Athletics' Matt Davidson: Could be on outs for everyday role
Matt Davidson is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Red Sox, Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.After receiving a call-up from Triple-A Las Vegas last week, Davidson proceeded to start in five of the Oakland Athletics' next six games and went 3-for-17 with eight strikeouts. Though the Athletics removed a potential playing-time threat from the mix by optioning Kevin Smith to Triple-A, the hot-hitting Jonah Bride was called up from Las Vegas and will make his MLB debut at the hot corner Tuesday while Davidson retreats to the bench. In addition to the arrival of Bride, a healthy Chad Pinder could also factor into the picture at third base, potentially leaving Davidson on the outside looking in for an everyday role.
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Athletics' Matt Davidson: Not starting Friday
Matt Davidson will sit Friday versus the Guardians, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports.Davidson will get a breather Friday after going 1-for-9 with five strikeouts over the last three games. Kevin Smith will start at third base and bat ninth as the team faces right-hander Triston McKenzie.
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Athletics' Matt Davidson: Starts against righty again
Matt Davidson will start at third base and bat eighth in Wednesday's game against Atlanta, Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.Despite going 0-for-3 with three strikeouts in his Oakland debut in Tuesday's 3-2 loss, Davidson will stick in the lineup for a second straight game against a right-handed pitcher (Ian Anderson). The Oakland Athletics could be prepared to give Davidson a look in the large side of a platoon at the position with the righty-hitting Kevin Smith, who sits for the second day in a row after going 1-for-30 with 11 strikeouts over his previous 10 contests.