Chris Davis knew something was amiss. The first baseman wasn’t feeling quite right.
He left the Orioles game in Chicago June 12 with a strained right oblique and he’s on the 10-day disabled list with no return date yet.
"It was an accumulation of a few games before the Chicago game. I think it was probably just stress," Davis said. "We had a good stretch there where we were playing a lot of games, a lot of long games, a lot of grueling, strenuous games. And I think the competitor in me was really trying to probably do too much. Whether it was in between at-bats, in between games, in between innings. Whatever. Just trying to get going. And I just think it’s one of those things where, like I said, there’s really not much you can do to protect it or strengthen it. It’s just kind of in a vulnerable spot."
