Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 12, 2007
The Best Offense

The Toronto Blue Jays start the day tied with the Yankees for best runs per game in the major leagues. Each scored 52 runs in 8 games, 6.5 per game. So far, however, the Yankees runs involve an element of luck, while Toronto's runs estimate pegs their total exactly.

Toronto's OBA sits 22 points higher than New York's. But they really shine in power. While the Yankees hit 10 home runs to the Blue Jay's 8, Toronto banged more doubles than the Yankees have extra-base hits. That gives the Canadians a 60 point lead in slugging percentage.

Will it last? Consider two of the big guns in the first week of the season are Aaron Hill and Royce Clayton. Both have OBAs of about .440 and slugging percentage well over .500. I don't expect that to last. But Overbay and Thomas haven't warmed up yet, so there's hope that Toronto can continue to produce a high number of runs.


Posted by David Pinto at 07:46 AM | Team Evaluation | TrackBack (0)
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Aaron Hill is quite underrated on both the offense and the defense. He's a line drive hitter with a short compact swing and a good eye. The problem with that kind of swing is you can't generate as much power so his stats can seem a little empty. He's also solid in the field and has excellent lateral range.

For the Jays though, he's a great #7 hitter... or as I like to call it, the cleanup hitter's cleanup hitter.

Posted by: Andrew at April 12, 2007 11:05 AM

It won't last, considering the Jays have faced LHPs in 5 of 8 games. Their lineup is built to mash lefties, and has done just that. Against RHPs they're much weaker.

Posted by: Dan at April 12, 2007 11:35 AM
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