Gio buckles down early en route to strong start

One of the biggest issues for Gio Gonzalez during his rough 2016 season was his trouble once runners got on base -- and especially once they reached scoring position. The left-hander gave up a .706 OPS to opposing hitters with the bases empty, but that rose to .764 with men on base and leaped to .913 with runners in scoring position. Once he got into trouble, he was usually unable to get out of it.