I did not know that Chris Davis swung a big bat:

It’s no joke what Crush Davis has done with that behemoth of a 35-inch, 33-ounce bat.

The trend over time is to lighter bats, allowing a faster swing.

That bat speed matters more than bat weight was certainly not intuitive to players in Ruth’s era. Players in the late 1920s and ’30s actually pounded nails or needles into the barrel of their bats to make them heavier. They intuited (correctly) that a heavier bat would hit the ball farther, and they concluded (incorrectly) that the heavier, the better. And so we hear tales of 45-ounce clubs being wielded in the batter’s box. Today’s players seem to understand the importance of bat speed.

So Chris is able to generate good bat speed with a slightly heavier bat, helping him hit more home runs.

Chris also says his blister popping was no big deal:

“It’s something that I’ve dealt with in my career since I can remember,” he said. “You’ve just got to kind of wear it for a couple of days, and then it hardens up and you’re good to go.”

We’ll see if it slows down his home run pace in the second half.