LOS ANGELES -- Travis Shaw stuck a strip of athletic tape to the dugout wall at AT&T Park the other day, found a black marker and scribbled All-Star teammate Jesus Aguilar's mantra in block letters for Aguilar and everyone else to see: STAY POSITIVE.
It's a sentiment Aguilar has been trying to keep at the forefront of his mind as he fights a hitting funk that left him with six hits in his last 47 at-bats through Sunday's 0-for-4 showing in San Francisco. Over the past two weeks, his hard-hit rate -- 43.8 percent this season -- is 28 percent.