Chris Davis, 2013 Bowman Chrome #102

Last night Chris Davis doubled his 2014 home run total in one game, hitting home runs in three straight at-bats against three different pitchers. It's been a tough start to the year for Crush, including a two-week stay on the disabled list with an oblique strain, but Tuesday's outburst was very encouraging. It was the second time in Davis' O's career that he's gone deep thrice in a single game; I was there for the first one back on August 24, 2012. If the slugging first baseman wants something to shoot for, there have only been two Baltimore hitters to have three three-homer games: Boog Powell and Eddie Murray. That would be pretty elite company.

Jim Johnson, 2013 Bowman Chrome #185

Jim Johnson might be the only guy who's had a worse first week of the 2014 than the Orioles. On Monday, Oakland and the Indians were scoreless when the new A's closer entered the game in the ninth. Five batters later, he'd given up two runs and only recorded one out. The Athletics lost the game, and Jim was serenaded with boos as he headed for the showers. Two days later, he got his first save chance of the year in the nightcap of a doubleheader. Trying to protect a 3-2 lead, JJ instead gave up three runs on three hits and two walks in two-thirds of an inning and earned his second loss. On the plus side, he did lower his ERA from 54.00 to 45.00. Today, he finally escaped an inning unscathed, but it was an eighth-inning appearance with Oakland trailing Seattle by two. So that's a start.