FACTS/FLUKES: Bautista, Sabathia, Infante, Karns, J. Butler

Bautista not showing his age … After a slow start in 2015, some owners had concern with José Bautista (OF, TOR). But when the calendar turned to May, he returned to business as usual; Bautista ended up with his highest HR total since 2011. Can the old man (35!) continue to crank it?

Year  AB    BA    xBA   OBA  bb%  ct%  h%   G/L/F    HR  PX   xPX  hr/f  
====  ===  ====  ====  ====  ===  ===  ==  ========  ==  ===  ===  ====  
2011  513  .302  .297  .447   20   78  31  37/16/47  43  191  158   23%  
2012  332  .241  .280  .358   15   81  22  37/14/49  27  165  145   20%  
2013  452  .259  .282  .358   13   81  26  41/16/43  28  150  138   18%  
2014  553  .286  .290  .403   16   83  29  40/18/42  35  152  121   18%
2015  543  .250 ...

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