It seemed like things were coming to a slow fizzle for El Oso Blanco just a couple of weaks ago. The bear had a paltry 54 wRC+ through May 6th, and it appeared that the Astros would have to deal with an ineffective, far past his prime designated hitter for the second consecutive season.
Gattis was having none of it. Since May 7th, the gnome is batting .297/.345/.693 with 12 homers and a godly 178 wRC+. He leads all of baseball in runs batted in during that span, and trails only JD Martinez in homers and ISO.
In a blink of an eye, El Oso Blance went from unplayable to one of the hottest batters in baseball.