With spring training officially just under a month away, we continue with a series of projections on what the 2012 Toronto Blue Jays might look like. Each day (don’t hold me to this), I will profile a 2012 Blue Jays starter, closing with a set of numbers based on my (usually positive) expectations. Today, we finish up our look at the on-field lineup with a few words on (arguably) the team’s only star player, right fielder Jose Bautista.
At this point, what else is there to be said about Jose Bautista? Surely, after 2011, even the most ardent members of the regression police would have to accept that maybe this former journeyman is pretty damned good, after all. To be fair here, I didn’t see it coming either: firmly in the skeptics’ camp, I thought Bautista would have a down year after his 54-home run revelation in 2010. How else was I suppose to explain a ISO that was more than double over his previous career rate? That it just happened because he added a leg kick ...
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