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I'm not sure what there is to quit on. Does Guti have a couple more 100 OPS+ years in him? Probably. Is he better at the plate than either Wells or Saunders? No. He could take time from Ichiro, except that no one in the history of earth is ever allowed to give Ichiro more than one day off every 6 weeks on pain of death.
Can Guti hit in the Safe? Not really (.692 OPS). Of course, he can't hit on the road either (.653 OPS career). The only place he's ever really hit is his home park in Cleveland.
Can he hit righties? Not even in his career 2009 year (which was a .705 OPS, 150 points under his OPS against lefties, exactly the rate it's always been).
Upside Guti crushes lefties for a .850 OPS. That's it. That's his plus hitting stat. Probable Guti doesn't even do that. With his glove, that's still enough overall to get him time. We could absolutely use another righty who can hurt lefty pitching, since our everyday lineup is LH dominant.
But if Wells can hit lefties and Saunders can hit lefties, what is Guti doing?
I definitely want Guti to be back to 2009 - every 100 OPS+ or better hitter we can get is needed on this team. How long do you give him, and how many at-bats, to figure out what he is?
~G