How Many Home Runs Will Jose Bautista Hit in 2011?

I might have included Jim Hickman's 31 in 1970.

the closest guy to bautista in terms of a jump in numbers (if not in other areas and minus the stint in japan) kinda seems to be cecil fielder.

Maybe he's taking performance-enhancing cupcakes.

there's a couple flukey HR seasons every year, people just don't notice as much if they don't crack 40 or 50

that was an interesting list. #32 was pretty lol

Bautista is at #25 on the all-time single-season home run list.

8. Roger Maris, 1961 (61 homers)

If there were no roids and Bautista was closing in on the HR record, he would probably be hated on Maris style as described by Pos.

this guy hit number 52 today (51 went over the fence).

incredible

sorry, it's the more ridiculas number of 54.

- J. Bautista homered to deep right

he did it!

does he have another arb-year next year or is he a free agent this offseason?

ok he seems to be a super-two so one more year w/ jays

daaamn

holy shit. 54 left field shots and one to right. amazing.

Experts!

http://www.rotoauthority.com/2010/10/experts-predict-jose-bautistas-2011-home-run-total.html

Will 27 minutes ago

I say he doesn't hit more than 19.

benjidoc 18 minutes ago in reply to Will

I say you're a retard.

Projecting to hit 54 again this year.

he has 19 BB already and i think none of them are intentional. also: 19 runs scored, all through 18 games.

alot of them had been of the unintentional intentional variety.

is slugging .800 atm

we might've needed to add a 50+ option

Projecting to 61 atm.

best player in the game right now (ahead of that guy on the cardinals, or one of those two guys: holliday and berkman...)

ahead of that guy on the cardinals

yeah, i'll rep for Rasmus.

the jays announcer after bautista's second hr: "bautista is a major leaguer playing out of his league"

Unbelievable.

I think he has a pretty good chance at two more AB.

BAUTISTA

Got a little carried away...short of big rally, he gets one more AB.

UH

unreal

he's at 16 now - which was his career high before 2010.

who is most often batting behind him? Seems like JB would start getting the Bonds treatment at this clip.

JeffPassan Jeff Passan
Bautista is now slugging .868 -- higher than Barry Bonds' record .863 in 2001 and Babe Ruth's .847 in 1920.

holy shit.

Lind was batting behind him up until recently.

they just said on the radio he's on pace for 77!

everyone calm down and wait for July

(July was his best month last year)

well, he's just made that more difficult to repeat!

Neat article: http://www.thepostgame.com/features/201106/number-crusher-how-blue-jays-slugger-jose-bautista-experimented-his-way-greatness

the man keeps on giving:

"This guy isn't like Mike Schmidt," Ricciardi said. "He's not going to come out and hit 40 home runs."

http://l.yimg.com/a/p/sp/editorial_image/e0/e0fb9df5d3bf7d3cc8951786e0fe4725/photo_torontos_jose_bautista_shrinks_to_preadolescent_size.jpg

all-star votes cast for Bats so far: 5,263,840
next closest vote total (Cano) is trailing by over 500,000!

Anyone care for a re-poll?

who gets this treatment for next year, ellsbury?

Granderson

^ this

Gotta do a Brett Lawrie HR poll for next year.

The person who voted 30-39 still has a shot, albeit a small one.

that was me actually (or i might have voted 40+), tho i didn't state that at the time.

Weird, but I don't think he ever officially retired. Baseball Reference has an entry for "last game played," but if you google "Jose Bautista retires," the story stops a year ago with various pieces observing the same thing--that he never officially announced.

wasn't he supposed to be on the mets last year?

I think so...He's definitely done; I'm just intrigued that he never officially announced, like he's holding out a glimmer of hope someone will sign him. The rare super-rich guy I feel a little sorry for in that he never really cashed in like he could have--partly his own fault, but mostly, I think, bad timing beyond his control.

(Maybe he's more at fault than I think: the words "no home-town discount" come to mind.)

long island ducks are coming back on the 28th of may i think