ELK GROVE, CA (MPG) - Although there hasn’t been too much success from the Major Leaguers from Elk Grove this season, we can look to the minor leagues for a success story. 

The Franklin High School and University of Arizona alumnus Chase Davis was promoted to Double-A on Sept. 6 within the St. Louis Cardinals organization. 

Davis was drafted by the Cardinals with the 21 overall pick of the 2023 MLB Amateur Draft out of the University of Arizona where in 147 games across three years he slashed .319/.444/.644. 

The professional career of Davis kicked off in A-ball in 2023 where he played 34 games and played 74 more games at that same level to start 2024 for the Palm Beach Cardinals. 

Through his first 74 games this year in A-ball, Davis slashed .232/.337/.401 with eight home runs and 48 RBIs, which earned him a promotion to High-A to the Peoria Chiefs. 

It took 30 games in Peoria for the Cardinals to promote him once again, this time to the Cardinals’ Double-A affiliate Springfield Cardinals, as he slashed .301/.388/.451 with three home runs and 18 RBIs. 

Well, Davis did not take long to make his presence felt in Springfield, Mo. In his first at-bat on Sept. 7 he sent a ball soaring over the right field wall for a 378-foot home run. 

“I knew that pitcher wanted to get ahead with something slow,” Davis said to reporters after the game. “That first at-bat, I know they wanted to attack and get that get-me-over curveball, but I took advantage and happened to get a good swing on it.”

All it takes is to look in the comments section of any of Davis’ highlights to see Carlos Gonzalez, mostly known for his time with the Colorado Rockies and his sweet left-handed swing, in comparison. 

Regardless of the comparisons, Davis’ swing is one of the prettier ones you’ll see and one that will have the public raving once he gets promoted to the major league squad.

Davis was getting Carlos Gonzalez comparisons across social media users while he was still at the University of Arizona. 

He got to be a Wildcat in Arizona thanks to his contributions as a Franklin Wildcat, where he slashed .294/.451/.502 across three varsity seasons before having his senior season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

It seemed that Davis was on his way to being drafted in 2020 out of high school, but due to the pandemic, MLB decided to only have five rounds of the draft as opposed to the 40 rounds from the previous year. 

This allowed Davis to attend the University of Arizona, where he developed into a first-round draft pick and got to Double-A where he also made a leaping catch on the warning track in front of the outfield wall to rob an extra-base hit in his debut. 

“That ball was well-hit. It was one of those fly balls where, as an outfielder, you practice for all the time,” Davis said. “I was going back on the wall, much farther from the wall than I thought I was. I was still able to get the glove on it and make a play.”

Davis has bounced around from city to city this season and continues to produce despite moving up in levels across professional baseball. 

“At the end of the day, it’s baseball. The game doesn’t change.” Davis said of his whirlwind year. “Things may get a little better at different levels, but I understand that I’ve got a job to do.”

At the time of publication, Davis has two hits in six at-bats across two games and will likely end his season with the Springfield Cardinals, as the regular season ends on Sept. 20.