Comments on: Jose Bautista Goes Historic, Producing at Barry Bonds Circa 2001 Rate http://jaysjournal.com/2011/05/15/jose-bautista-goes-historic-by-producing-at-a-barry-bonds-circa-2001-rate/ A Toronto Blue Jays Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:16:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: 1/4 through 2011: Blue Jay Hitters « Jays Journal | A Toronto Blue Jays Blog http://jaysjournal.com/2011/05/15/jose-bautista-goes-historic-by-producing-at-a-barry-bonds-circa-2001-rate/comment-page-1/#comment-4079 1/4 through 2011: Blue Jay Hitters « Jays Journal | A Toronto Blue Jays Blog Mon, 23 May 2011 19:13:49 +0000 http://jaysjournal.com/?p=7622#comment-4079 [...] In case you missed it, Mat wrote a piece on Bautista just over a week ago: http://jaysjournal.com/2011/05/15/jose-bautista-goes-historic-by-producing-at-a-barry-bonds-circa-20... [...] [...] In case you missed it, Mat wrote a piece on Bautista just over a week ago: http://jaysjournal.com/2011/05/15/jose-bautista-goes-historic-by-producing-at-a-barry-bonds-circa-20… [...]

]]> By: Local media anoints Jose Bautista the greatest slugger in Blue Jays history | Diamonds Are Forever | torontolife.com http://jaysjournal.com/2011/05/15/jose-bautista-goes-historic-by-producing-at-a-barry-bonds-circa-2001-rate/comment-page-1/#comment-4015 Local media anoints Jose Bautista the greatest slugger in Blue Jays history | Diamonds Are Forever | torontolife.com Wed, 18 May 2011 20:47:13 +0000 http://jaysjournal.com/?p=7622#comment-4015 [...] Bautista’s sizzling start to the 2011 season has Toronto Blue Jays fans practically foaming at the mouth, and with good [...] [...] Bautista’s sizzling start to the 2011 season has Toronto Blue Jays fans practically foaming at the mouth, and with good [...]

]]> By: Steve http://jaysjournal.com/2011/05/15/jose-bautista-goes-historic-by-producing-at-a-barry-bonds-circa-2001-rate/comment-page-1/#comment-3967 Steve Mon, 16 May 2011 17:27:45 +0000 http://jaysjournal.com/?p=7622#comment-3967 Above comments aside, which make a legitimate point, I agree with the jist of the article. Nobody is saying he will continue at this pace, but Jose keeps showing us that it is also not a safe assumption to say that he can't continue at this pace, because he just keeps doing it. We've all been waiting for a regression for the past year and it still hasn't happened. Actually, it's true that he is not hitting at the same pace as last year - he's actually exceeding it. I've decided to stop saying he can't match last years home run totals and decided to just sit back and see how far this goes. As for the post about leaving money on the table, I just wanted to throw in my two cents. I don't believe he left money on the table. Before this season, he had already earned more money than a lot of us will ever see and likely more than he ever imagined (realistically) making growing up. IMO the $65M that he then signed for fairly represents what he was worth this past off-season. At the time, he knew that he could wait a year and make a lot more, but he also knew there was a chance that it could all go wrong. He took the sure thing rather than waiting to see what was behind door # 1. He's still set for life. I'm just glad that AA had the cajones to sign Jose for what was more than a lot of people thought he should have offered. Above comments aside, which make a legitimate point, I agree with the jist of the article. Nobody is saying he will continue at this pace, but Jose keeps showing us that it is also not a safe assumption to say that he can’t continue at this pace, because he just keeps doing it. We’ve all been waiting for a regression for the past year and it still hasn’t happened. Actually, it’s true that he is not hitting at the same pace as last year – he’s actually exceeding it. I’ve decided to stop saying he can’t match last years home run totals and decided to just sit back and see how far this goes. As for the post about leaving money on the table, I just wanted to throw in my two cents. I don’t believe he left money on the table. Before this season, he had already earned more money than a lot of us will ever see and likely more than he ever imagined (realistically) making growing up. IMO the $65M that he then signed for fairly represents what he was worth this past off-season. At the time, he knew that he could wait a year and make a lot more, but he also knew there was a chance that it could all go wrong. He took the sure thing rather than waiting to see what was behind door # 1. He’s still set for life. I’m just glad that AA had the cajones to sign Jose for what was more than a lot of people thought he should have offered.

]]> By: Mat Germain http://jaysjournal.com/2011/05/15/jose-bautista-goes-historic-by-producing-at-a-barry-bonds-circa-2001-rate/comment-page-1/#comment-3960 Mat Germain Mon, 16 May 2011 08:46:45 +0000 http://jaysjournal.com/?p=7622#comment-3960 See my comment to Rylan. Nothing says he won't walk less often from here on out, and the rate of his performance was the focus of this article. Besides, if Bautista gets 650 PA he is still on pace to hit 71 HRs. Doesn't that STILL make it historic? See my comment to Rylan. Nothing says he won’t walk less often from here on out, and the rate of his performance was the focus of this article. Besides, if Bautista gets 650 PA he is still on pace to hit 71 HRs. Doesn’t that STILL make it historic?

]]> By: Mat Germain http://jaysjournal.com/2011/05/15/jose-bautista-goes-historic-by-producing-at-a-barry-bonds-circa-2001-rate/comment-page-1/#comment-3959 Mat Germain Mon, 16 May 2011 08:39:39 +0000 http://jaysjournal.com/?p=7622#comment-3959 Thanks for the comment Rylan, but I don't think we can predict how many ABs he'll receive from here on out. Who knows what's going to happen to his walk rate and how many times the lineup will turn over? With more support in the 2nd half, he could increase his AB pace. All this article was intended to do, anyhow, was to show his RATE of performance. That's why I use rate in the title. Whether or not he gets the right number of ABs is outside my control! Thanks for the comment Rylan, but I don’t think we can predict how many ABs he’ll receive from here on out. Who knows what’s going to happen to his walk rate and how many times the lineup will turn over? With more support in the 2nd half, he could increase his AB pace.

All this article was intended to do, anyhow, was to show his RATE of performance. That’s why I use rate in the title. Whether or not he gets the right number of ABs is outside my control!

]]> By: Dave http://jaysjournal.com/2011/05/15/jose-bautista-goes-historic-by-producing-at-a-barry-bonds-circa-2001-rate/comment-page-1/#comment-3957 Dave Mon, 16 May 2011 03:09:46 +0000 http://jaysjournal.com/?p=7622#comment-3957 There is a huge flaw in your logic/math when projecting Bautista's stats, your math predicts he will have 743 PA when he did not come close to approaching that last year while missing only 1 game, he has missed 8 so far this year. Your math should be based on PAs instead of ABs for your projections to hold any realistic weight. There is a huge flaw in your logic/math when projecting Bautista’s stats, your math predicts he will have 743 PA when he did not come close to approaching that last year while missing only 1 game, he has missed 8 so far this year.

Your math should be based on PAs instead of ABs for your projections to hold any realistic weight.

]]> By: Rylan http://jaysjournal.com/2011/05/15/jose-bautista-goes-historic-by-producing-at-a-barry-bonds-circa-2001-rate/comment-page-1/#comment-3955 Rylan Mon, 16 May 2011 02:02:14 +0000 http://jaysjournal.com/?p=7622#comment-3955 The problem with this article is that there is no way Bautista approaches 600 ABs. Last year he missed only 1 game, received 683 PAs and only 569 ABs. This year he's already missed 9 games and he's walking in about 10% more of his plate appearances, almost 1/4 of the time. Even if he doesn't miss a game the rest of the year, I can't see him getting much more than 500 ABs. The problem with this article is that there is no way Bautista approaches 600 ABs. Last year he missed only 1 game, received 683 PAs and only 569 ABs. This year he’s already missed 9 games and he’s walking in about 10% more of his plate appearances, almost 1/4 of the time. Even if he doesn’t miss a game the rest of the year, I can’t see him getting much more than 500 ABs.

]]> By: onomeister http://jaysjournal.com/2011/05/15/jose-bautista-goes-historic-by-producing-at-a-barry-bonds-circa-2001-rate/comment-page-1/#comment-3952 onomeister Mon, 16 May 2011 00:13:39 +0000 http://jaysjournal.com/?p=7622#comment-3952 Great article! I have been watching as many games as I can and I too believe this will be a great year to be a Blue Jay fan and that we are watching possibly history in the making... I truly hope that Lindy stays healthy so that he can protect Jose in the line up - I foresee lots of intentional walks... Bomb-tista, prove all the naysayers wrong and destroy the MLB record! Great article! I have been watching as many games as I can and I too believe this will be a great year to be a Blue Jay fan and that we are watching possibly history in the making… I truly hope that Lindy stays healthy so that he can protect Jose in the line up – I foresee lots of intentional walks… Bomb-tista, prove all the naysayers wrong and destroy the MLB record!

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