Mariners Weekly Rundown: Tough Times have Returned to Seattle

What’s Going on with Guti?
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Franklin Gutierrez has been extremely consistent this season, unfortunately he’s been consistently bad. And his poor performance with the bat continued this week. Guti was only able to tally one single in 11 at bats through 4 games this week. He did not collect an extra-base hit or drive in any runs.
After coming out of nowhere to hit .292 with 15 home runs through 59 games in 2015, Guti has only hit .237 with 5 home runs and 15 RBI across 40 games in 2016. Gutierrez’s numbers from last season were always going to be tough to replicate, but he has fallen well shy of expectations so far this year. His .324 on base percentage and .433 slugging percentage are acceptable, but unimpressive. Hopefully Guti can heat up with the weather as we head into the summer months.
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