utley was v good as recently as last year and his (terrible) numbers this year are probably representative of at least some bad luck, but he's basically stopped hitting the ball hard and his line drives are way down. as long as you make sure his option doesn't vest, he'd be fine as a vetty vet bench guy if you think herrera's lousy hitting is bringing the team down but utley's lousy hitting will inspire us to success, i guess. that said, if we are as cash-strapped as davell says, we'd better not spend a dime on this fool. make tom put the $5MM in a 4-month cd and make it rain with .02% interest.