An early-season dinger fest has subsided in Seattle as the Mariners offense has largely came back to earth over the last 10 days. The M’s have dropped eight of their last nine, averaging just 3.2 runs per game while hitting .211 as a team. The team-wide rise and fall is best personified by Daniel Vogelbach, whose regression has him as our focus in this week’s Droppables.
The beefy 26-year-old got off to a blazing start, bashing five homers in a four-game stretch from April 2 to April 8, and slugging an outrageous 1.091 through April 13.