Key Stats: Despite missing 22 games with an oblique strain to start off 2011, and then not getting a HR in his first 21 games back (that was a span of 76 AB's) Hart still finished the year with impressive power numbers, belting 26 HR's and posting a 19.7% HR/FB ratio. Perhaps more importantly was that he had his best month last season in August going .321/.385/.594 with 8 HR. It was nice to see him hold up over a whole season after starting off with an injury that is so detrimental to a swing.
Skeptics Say: Hart isn't getting any younger. He'll be 30 this season, and his 20/20 days are clearly behind him, which is concerning because the outfield is generally a place where one looks to pile up steals. He is a player that you will only expect some power and some RBI's from who won't kill your average. Hart is a career .277 hitter but he has typically been better than that with averages of .285, .283, .260, .268, .295, .283 dating back to 2007. Hart's ca...
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