A simple explanation behind Gyorko's playing time.
Jedd Gyorko had a tough sophomore campaign last year. His batting average dropped 39 points down to .210, his on base percentage sunk by 21 to .280 and his slugging plummeted 111 points down to .333. But this year... oh wait this year it's about the same. His batting average and on base percentage are up a little compared to 2014, but his slugging is down. If you want to simplify the statistics and use OPS as an overall hitting measurement (good enough for these purposes and the rest of this discussion), he had a .