Updating a previous report, Baltimore Orioles first baseman Chris Davis (neck) is out of the starting lineup with a stiff neck on [...]

Baltimore Orioles first baseman Chris Davis (rest) is out of the starting lineup for Wednesday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays. Davis is hitting .182/.260/.310 with 11 home runs and 34 RBI off right-handed pitching this season. Davis has one hit over his last eight games. Trey Mancini will play first base and bat fifth, while D.J. Stewart bats eighth and serves as the DH versus righty Marco Estrada. Mancini is worth a look in DFS contests on Wednesday, but Stewart can be avoided.

Baltimore Orioles first baseman Chris Davis is back in the starting lineup for Friday's game against the Chicago White Sox. Davis is hitless over his last four games and was given the day off on Thursday. He'll bat fifth and play first base against veteran righty James Shields. Davis is hitting .263/.333/.789 with three home runs and seven RBI off Shields in his career. He could be a decent DFS option on Friday, but Davis is not normally a reliable fantasy option.

Baltimore Orioles first baseman Chris Davis (rest) is out of the starting lineup for Thursday's game against the Oakland Athletics. Davis is hitless over his last four games, so it's not surprising to see him get the night off. Trey Mancini will play first base and bat cleanup versus lefty Brett Anderson. Mancini has struggled with the bat lately, so he can be avoided in DFS contests on Thursday.

Baltimore Orioles first baseman Chris Davis (illness) was scratched from the lineup on Monday due to an illness. Catcher Chance Sisco is serving as the designated hitter and is batting seventh, while outfielder Trey Mancini is at first base and batting third against Mariners starter Erasmo Ramirez. Sisco is a reach as a DFS sleeper, but Mancini has been hot lately and is a fine target against the M's. Davis is batting just. 176 on the season but does have 16 home runs and 48 RBI in 424 at-ba[...]

Baltimore Orioles first baseman Chris Davis contributed three of the O's 12 runs in Tuesday's win over the Blue Jays. Davis went 3-for-5 with two singles, a double, and three RBI. He has been a massive fantasy disappointment this season and now has a .173/.249/.317 slash line with 16 home runs, 48 RBI, and a whopping 36.5% strikeout rate in 457 plate appearances. Davis has been unownable for most of the fantasy season, and his good game today will not change that going forward.

Baltimore Orioles first baseman Chris Davis went 2-for-4 with a single and a solo home run in Tuesday's 6-3 win over the Mets. Davis has been an extreme disappointment this season, hitting .162 with 15 HR, 40 RBI, and a massive 36.2% strikeout rate. While he has been a fantasy asset in the past, fantasy players still cannot afford to trust him this season.

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Baltimore Orioles first baseman Chris Davis looked like his old self in Sunday's 11-5 win over the Rays, going 2-for-3 with two two-run home runs and a walk. Davis took Yonny Chirinos deep in the first inning and Diego Castillo in the eighth. He is now hitting .159 with 13 HR and 35 RBI in 359 plate appearances this season. Davis remains unownable until he can prove that he can produce consistent results at the plate.

Going into the break one of the hottest topics in baseball was the struggles of Bryce Harper. From a real baseball perspective Harper has still above average at the plate with a 119 wRC+ and .351 wOBA, but he hasn't been the first-round caliber player that we expected going into the season. This is the second down year in three years for Harper, who was slightly worse in 2016 with a 112 wRC+ and .343 wOBA. [...]