{"id":1534,"date":"2011-09-09T09:28:04","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T13:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/?p=1534"},"modified":"2011-09-09T09:28:04","modified_gmt":"2011-09-09T13:28:04","slug":"what-do-you-need-to-see-from-jason-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/2011\/09\/09\/what-do-you-need-to-see-from-jason-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"What Do You Need To See From Jason Bay?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week I posed a tongue-in-cheek relationship between how many home runs Jason Bay<\/a> hits this season, and what record the Mets will be predicted to finish with next year. \u00a0He’s up to 12, good for an even 81-81 prediction.
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\nHe’s on another hot streak, where he’s actually driving the ball. \u00a0It’s good to see, but we’ve also seen it before. \u00a0He still seems to find ways to go into 0-30 stretches after getting hot, although the length of time between hot streaks seems to be lessening. \u00a0I can’t help but wonder if there were lingering effects of the concussion that even he wasn’t, or isn’t,\u00a0aware of.
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\nRegardless, the Mets could really use Jason Bay to be at least a contributing power threat next year. \u00a0I think if he can reach 15 home runs, and finish out September with numbers approaching his career averages on the month, that we can at least have some faith he’ll be useful next year.\u00a0 His career line stands at
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and his September numbers so far.<\/div>\n
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What do you need to see from him to not go into 2012 feeling he’s a black hole in the lineup? Is it completely hopeless? \u00a0Do you need him to rack up a couple more doubles? Five more home runs? \u00a0Less strikeouts? Avoid any double-digit o’fers?<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week I posed a tongue-in-cheek relationship between how many home runs Jason Bay hits this season, and what record the Mets will be predicted to finish with next year. \u00a0He’s up to 12, good for an even 81-81 prediction. He’s on another hot streak, where he’s actually driving the ball. \u00a0It’s good to see, … <\/p>\n

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Sept\/Oct<\/span><\/td>\n7<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n.292<\/td>\n.320<\/td>\n.625<\/td>\n.945<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n.294<\/td>\n175<\/td>\n150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n