What happened in 2016: Started the season strong but faded pretty noticeably down the stretch.
Chase Utley came to the Dodgers at the 2015 trade deadline and signed with them as a free agent during the offseason. Brim did a good job recapping Utley’s 2016 in his post about the Dodgers re-signing the veteran this offseason (oops, spoiler alert for 2017 status):
Utley played regularly last season, and on the full-season balance he did pretty well, hitting .252/.319/.396 (97 wRC+) in 565 plate appearances. He put up exactly 2 fWAR, which probably overrated his defense, but he had a very respectable season as a whole.