Quick hits: Davis, Kranick, Collins

Former Giants and Red Sox outfielder Jaylin Davis announced his retirement in a message on his Instagram pagewho chose to end his professional career at age 31 after four MLB seasons. “This game has been a blessing, and as this chapter closes, I’m excited about the futurewrote Davis. MLB Trade Rumors congratulates Davis on his career and we wish him all the best in the coming chapter of his life.

Davis had to go a long way to reach the Majors as the Twins’ 24th-round pick in the 2015 draft, but his inclusion in the 2019 deadline trade brought Sam Dyson from Minnesota to San Francisco gave Davis his first taste of the show. The outfielder played in 17 games that season and then made nine more appearances for the Giants during parts of the 2020-21 seasons before a Boston waiver claim resulted in 12 games with the Sox in 2022. Davis finishes his career with a .207/.274/.299 slash line over 95 plate appearances in the majors, as well as a respectable .832 OPS over 1178 at the Triple-A level. His last three professional seasons were spent in the Mets’ farm system, and with the independent American Association and Atlantic League.

More on baseball as we wrap up the weekend…

• Max Kranick will throw for the first time on Monday since undergoing flexor tendon surgery in July The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon. Kranick aims to be ready for action in the second half of the 2026 season, meeting the usual 12-month estimate for flexor tendon procedures. The Mets did not tender Kranick in November, so any team interested in the right-hander could look to sign him to a two-year deal as a free agent, with the idea of ​​signing Kranick until 2027, when he will likely be fully recovered. Kranick’s MLB resume includes 43 2/3 innings of 5.56 ball with the Pirates in 2021-2022, and a more impressive 3.65 ERA and a small 3.4% walk rate over 37 innings with New York last season (albeit with just a 16.9% strikeout rate).
• Left-handed Tim Collins is trying to make a comeback and will throw in front of scouts this Wednesday, The Athletic’s Britt Ghiroli reports. Collins posted a 3.60 ERA over 242 1/3 relief innings with the Royals, Nationals and Cubs from 2011-19, and didn’t see any major league work from 2015-17 due to a pair of Tommy John surgeries. His nine games with Chicago in 2019 seemingly were it for Collins as a pitcher, as he opted out of the pandemic-shortened 2020 season and then retired from playing to become a minor league coach for the Phillies the past two years. The 36-year-old Collins has now caught the pitching bug again and it will be interesting to see if he can resume his career after this second major hole in his career.