Who's to say Gutz wouldn't take a few ABs from DD if his splits aren't horrible?

Marte had 50 ABs this year and hit .180/.212/.300.

FGutz has 39 ABs and has hit .231/.250/.385.

In other words, they've both been pretty abysmal in extremely limited ABs.

I want Marte to be down right now but this idea that he's there and Guttierez is up because Gutz somehow earned and Marte squandered it is more than a stretch. FGutz is up b/c Shap is all about platooning the corners, Choo is hurt, and Nixon/DD have not been very good. Alternately, Marte is down because Blake has played much, much better than expected.

Both of them are where they are largely because of factors they did not control. Both of them could've seized opportunities and done far more with them. Neither has.

Gutz' defense is fun and has lived up to expectations but defense is largely a matter of opportunity and standing out for weird reasons. Franklin stood out last night because he took a bad route, turned around a couple of times, and crashed into a wall. Everyone cheers and it's "great defense" but it was really about a bad read. His play in Cincinatti was great, regardless. But he gets to make it because Nixon is bad, not because Marte wasted his "chance."

To me, Hodges would just be the third basemen at AA. It's not like he'd be in line to get called to Cleveland before Marte any time before next spring at the absolute earliest. And even that would be insane.

That said, I'm talking about unimportant semantics. I think he'll go up when Goedert is healthy enough to play third in Kinston. Hopefully that will help Jared as he won't have to deal with playing second. It's great to see Hodges hitting well though I could do for more power.

Unless you want to trade pitching which isn't happening until Jake or Stanford forces the decision.