Slumpbot .200: Mags Ordonez caught in season-long rundown

Using the best technology available to us, SlumpBot .200 identifies a few players who are currently having a bit of trouble and then offers solutions for performance recovery. Magglio Ordonez, Detroit TigersData: .260/.330/.344, 4 HR, 28 RBIMalfunction: The biggest malfunction may be his contract. He's making $18 million this year for a team in GM's hometown that's also paying $10 million to Dontrelle Willis and already had to swallow Gary Sheffield's $13.6 million contract. Sheffield, meanwhile, already has 10 homers and an .868 OPS for the injury-ravaged Mets. But the unfortunate money issues exacerbate the fact that Maggs has been awful this year. The Tigers should be hoping for a bailout.Diagnosis: His Batting Average on Balls in Play (BABIP) is .298 and his line drive rate is 17 percent — both are slightly below his career average, but not overly so, and neither number is beyond the pale by itself. He's striking out more than usual but still less than ...