SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Baseball is a game of failure. A sport so tough it brings grown men to their knees.
For the last two years, that was where you could find Matt Davidson.
The former first round pick was once thought to be the White Sox third baseman of the future. But then he lost his swing, then his confidence, and then he almost his mind.
“These past two years have been such a mental grind. I’ve been in some dark places,” Davidson said Monday in an interview with Comcast SportsNet.
After the White Sox acquired him from the Arizona Diamondbacks, he arrived at spring training hoping to win the third base job.