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HEALTHY OBSESSION

#4 HENRY DAVIS, C

LOUISVILLE

BORN: SEPT. 21, 1999. AGE: 21. B-T: R-R. HT: 6-2. WT: 210.

Henry Davis has what he believes is a healthy obsession. It’s a need to get better, it’s a focus on the process, and it’s a compulsion to continue doing that until he cannot possibly do it any longer.

Take his best tool as an example. Davis has an exceptional arm. Scouts have been stacking it up against big league arms since the Louisville catcher was in high school. Cardinals head coach Dan McDonnell acknowledges that Davis came to campus with it.

“It’s hard to teach a kid to have a bazooka for an arm,” he said.

But Davis describes it as a weakness for a younger version of himself. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound backstop remembers watching countless games with Yadier Molina and Buster Posey behind the dish, making seemingly effortless, perfect throws. He wanted to be able to

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