2025 Dodgers season review: Noah Davis

Noah Davis had a rough start and rough finish to his tenure in the majors with the Dodgers.

Acquired for cash considerations from the Boston Red Sox on March 27 — the date of the home opener for the Dodgers, and opening day for 28 MLB teams — Davis gave the Dodgers another relief pitcher with options, which was needed with several arms opening the season on the injured list.

Davis rode the fresh arm express between Triple-A Oklahoma City and Los Angels up and down four times in three and a half months. The right-hander was active for 13 games and pitched in five of them.

First was at Wrigley Field on April 22, a sloppy game that reached extra innings after Alex Vesia and Tanner Scott allowed home runs to tie the score at 10-10. After five relievers were already used, the Dodgers turned to Davis for the 10th, with an automatic runner at second base to open the frame. All it took was two pitches for Ian Happ to single home the winning run.

The next day, the Dodgers lost another frustrating game in Chicago. Davis entered a bullpen game in the fourth inning with a two-run lead, and exited trailing by one after giving up two singles and a three-run home run to Pete Crow-Armstrong.

Davis after this entered games in which the Dodgers trailed by three, five, and six runs. The first two were scoreless appearances, and then July 4 brought the fireworks, in a bad way.

Trailing 7-1, Davis entered a bad situation in the fifth inning and stranded two runners to escape further damage, at least for that inning. In the sixth inning, it took seven batters for Davis to record the first out and by then, six more runs had scored.

Officially in “take one for the team” mode, Davis was left in to finish the inning, but allowed four more runs. Davis threw 43 pitches in the inning, allowed four singles, two home runs, three walks, and hit a batter. He is just the second Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher to allow 10 runs in relief, joining Willard Hunter in San Francisco on April 16, 1962.

The 18-1 defeat was the Dodgers’ worst blowout loss in Dodger Stadium history.

Davis was optioned back to Triple-A the next day, and designated for assignment one week later to make roster room for waiver-claim Nick Nastrini. On July 15, the Dodgers traded Davis to the Twins for cash considerations.

During his time with Oklahoma City, Davis had a 3.94 ERA and one save in 21 games, with 38 strikeouts and 15 walks in 32 innings.

With the Twins, Davis split time between Minneapolis and Triple-A St. Paul. In four games with the Twins, Davis allowed 10 runs (nine earned) in five innings, with seven strikeouts and a walk. With an inconvenient seven home runs in 11 major league innings, Davis in 2025 had an 18.00 ERA, the fourth-highest in major league history among pitchers with at least 10 innings.

Age: 28

Stats: 5 games, 6 IP, 14 runs (13 earned), 5 walks, 8 strikeouts

Salary: unknown

Davis struck out two in two scoreless innings against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Dodger Stadium on April 25. He walked a batter and hit another, but did not allow a hit.

This was one of two Dodgers outings in which Davis pitched two scoreless innings, also doing so June 1 against the Yankees.

Davis was sent outright to the minors by the Twins in September, and finished out the season with Triple-A St. Paul. As someone who was outrighted multiple times in his career (also in 2024 by the Colorado Rockies), Davis elected free agency once the season ended.