Found July 11, 2011 on Batter's Box:
Now that we are at the '1/2 way point' (actually a bit past) I got to wondering if anyone is on pace for new records for a Blue Jay. Checking good ol' Baseball Reference we can see what the records are. 100 games at a position (counting full outfield as one for this) for position records.For SS - WAR record is 5.5 (Scutaro 2009). Escobar is at 2.9 thus on pace for a 5.1 season (2nd best ever, past Fernandez best year 1987 5.0).For OF - WAR record is 7.3 (Barfield 1986). Bautista is ALREADY at 6.6 - #2 is 6.7 (Wells '06) on pace for 11.6.For team - WAR record is 8.2 offense (Olerud 1993), 10.3 overall (Clemens 1997). As above, Bautista is on pace to shatter it. Yeah, that was a good signing.Continuing on the Bautista watch... for OPS+ we see his 217 as well above Olerud's 186. His 14 intentional walks so far are on pace for the 2nd most ever (on pace for 25) but no shot at the record of 33 by Olerud in 1993 (hitting in the high 300's plus no speed = lots...
THE BACKYARD
BEST OF MAXIM
AROUND THE WEB
THE MLB HOT 40
Today's Best Stuff
For Bloggers

Join the Yardbarker Network (YBN) for more promotion, traffic, and money.

Company Info
Help
What is Yardbarker?

Yardbarker is the largest network of sports blogs and pro athlete blogs on the web. This site is the hub of the Yardbarker Network, where our editors and algorithms curate the best sports content from our network and beyond.