Last year was certainly one that Baltimore Orioles first baseman Chris Davis would like to forget. 

Before being suspended for 25 games for illegal use of Adderall, Davis was having a brutal year at the plate. In 525 plate appearances, he hit .196/.300/.404 while striking out at a 33% clip. He was worth just 0.8 fWAR for the O's with a wRC+ of 95, making a below league-average run producer. It was a lost season for Davis, who also suffered an oblique injury and was done in by a .242 batting average on balls in play (BABIP), much of which derived from defensive shifts used against him.

But that BABIP number, as well as a better than league average walk rate of 11.4%, allowed for some hope that he could rebound and be a productive player once again. And with 5 home runs and 12 RBI through the first nine games of August, Davis is once again a slugger to be feared in the Baltimore Orioles lineup.

On the season, Davis is hitting .252/.336/.529 with 30 homers, 82 RBI, a wRC+ of 136 and an fWAR of 3.1. His FanGraphs. His 40.7% coming into Tuesday was seventh-best in all of baseball. In addition, only 7.4% of all balls hit by Davis were considered "softly" hit, the lowest percentage in baseball. And for a guy who strikes out as much as Davis does, avoiding the softly hit balls is a good thing.

Even in his time of trouble last year, there were signs Davis wasn't as bad as he looked, and that a rebound season might be coming. Certainly, he has provided that this season, and is in the midst of one of those hot streaks that should make him a daily fantasy play every day for a little while longer.