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Originally Posted by CaramonLS
Has anyone ever quite had an age 29 season like the one he is having - completely out of left field?
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Carlos Pena exploded for 46 home runs when he was 29 after signing a minor league contract with the Rays in the Spring. But he was a very hyped hitting prospect and had put up some decent homerun totals prior to that year.
But I'm with you on this. I was laughing at the start of the year that a utility non starter like Bautista still got 2.4 million in arbitration. He than proceeds to put up what could be the biggest outlier season in recent history. Crazy. At least Brady Anderson had been an everyday player and had a 20 home run season before his 50 home run season, not to mention it being at the height of the juice era when MLB was probably issuing steroids to players to get ratings back.