ARLINGTON -- Franklin Gutierrez continued making his case as one of baseball's Comeback Player of the Year candidates this season, as the Mariners' outfielder slugged his 14th home run in just 142 at-bats, providing one of the only bright spots in Saturday's 10-1 loss to the Rangers.
Gutierrez, who sat out all of the 2014 season while dealing with an arthritic nerve condition called ankylosing spondylitis, has put up an amazing .317/.368/.683 line in 49 games since being recalled from Triple-A Tacoma three months ago.
His .683 slugging percentage is the highest of any Major Leaguer with more than 125 plate appearances, well above even the .