No reason to doubt Chris Davis anymore

From April 22 to May 8, the Orioles' Chris Davis hit .188 (9 for 48), filling those who predicted his imminent demise with glee. But since then, he's batting .341 (14 for 41) with four home runs in 10 games.

In the biz, we call that "weathering the storm." Or at least we should. Basically, when a guy overdue for a cold streak comes out of that cold streak with numbers nearly as impressive as when he went in, his breakthrough seems all the more credible.

I still think Davis' batting average will gradually fall to about the .280 range over the next four-plus months, but he'll have so many bursts of productivity during that time that you'll hardly care. I recently moved him to 13th in my first base rankings, ahead of Freddie Freeman, making him more or less indispensable in all formats.