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(1) How much September batting decline do you think you'd see reflected across the majors?
(2)  For those playing 155 games?  You think that if you isolated the 155-gamers as a group, ML players' career Sept splits would be lousy?
You're thinking that if we took every Derek Jeter in the game, that their career September splits would be low?  By how much -- 5 OPS+ points?   Gutierrez' are down 30.
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Lopez, and half the Latin players it seems, run super-strong second half numbers.  Why doesn't Lopez bog down at game 140?   He's in nowhere near the condition that Gutierrez is.
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If they ever study 155-gamers in Sept, I'll predict the reverse, thanks.   You and I both know that as a group, 155-game players don't decline by much, if at all, in September.   If there were such a decline, it would be measured in terms of 1, 2, maybe 3 OPS+ points.
But, I hope that your dream for Guti turns out to be correct, that he's fresh in July next year and sustains the 118 OPS+ all year.  That would be neat.