Caption Contest winners: Chase Utley's future?
Things have gone from bad to worse for Phillies all-star second baseman Chase Utley. After being benched for two straight games, Utley went 0-4 with a strikeout, lowering his batting average to a pitiful .099.
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For a full account of how truly bad Utley has been, check out Jake Kaplan's breakdown of his numbers this season. Prepare to get depressed with numbers like these:
Last season, 30.4 percent of balls in play off Utley's bat were considered hard hit, according to Baseball Info Solutions. His career average is 35.2 percent. His 2015 clip entering the weekend was a mere 15.8 percent.
Congrats to PowerGuy, winner of this week's caption contest, featured above.
Here are the runner-ups:
"On the bright side, at least he won't have to watch this team play anymore!" – ginomcfad
"Why do I feel like Amaro is about to give him a contract extension?" – nallred
"You know you're in trouble if you make it into a Tornoe cartoon." – Eddie Creed
Check out previous winners and more cartoons here.