Connections are important in baseball.
So when Matt Davidson was shopping for a team this offseason, he turned to people he knew.
“A couple of things: I know the Bell family really well, and (Cincinnati Reds hitting coach) Alan Zinter was my High-A hitting coach for a little bit when I got called up when I was over there with the (Arizona) Diamondbacks,” he said. “I had some familiar people over here. Honestly, there was a couple of teams, and I kind of took it down to two. I was bouncing back and forth, back and forth.