2011 Blue Jays Batting Projections

Last updated: March 29, 2011

With the Toronto Blue Jays being better than expected last season, fans of the club hope that the Jays can contend in the AL East in 2011, but what should they expect in 2011 from Jose Bautista, who led the majors with a surprising 54 home runs last season?

In order to help Jays' fans get a glimpse of what could be, we're collecting different projection systems' results so fans of Canada's lone MLB team can see what others are expecting the Jays to do.

Click here for the 2011 Starting Pitching Projections

Jose Bautista

Right Field
Age: 30
HT:6-0 WT: 195
Bats/Throws: R/R
Player Bio Page

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
2010	161	569	109	148	35	3	54	124	100	116	9	2	.260	.378	.617
*James	143	534	88	134	32	2	34	90	80	119	7	3	.251	.355	.509
*ZIPS	137	450	77	112	24	2	32	84	76	107	6	1	.249	.362	.524

Aaron Hill

Second Base
Age: 28
HT:5-11 WT: 205
Bats/Throws: R/R
Player Bio Page

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
2010	138	528	70	108	22	0	26	68	41	85	2	2	.205	.271	.394
*James	142	531	76	138	31	1	22	73	41	80	3	2	.260	.319	.446
*ZIPS	131	518	70	133	28	0	23	73	38	78	4	2	.257	.312	.444

Adam Lind

First Base
Age: 27
HT:6-1 WT: 215
Bats/Throws: L/L
Player Bio Page

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
2010	150	569	57	135	32	3	23	72	38	144	0	0	.237	.287	.425
*James	149	551	72	155	37	2	26	92	44	115	1	0	.281	.338	.497
*ZIPS	154	580	72	156	36	3	25	92	42	128	1	1	.269	.321	.471

Travis Snider

Left Field
Age: 23
HT:6-0 WT: 235
Bats/Throws: L/L
Player Bio Page

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
2010	82	298	36	76	20	0	14	32	21	79	3	3	.255	.304	.463
*James	97	311	46	85	21	0	16	48	29	84	6	3	.273	.337	.495
*ZIPS	131	469	60	122	28	1	22	61	40	135	7	5	.260	.320	.465

Yunel Escobar

Shortstop
Age: 28
HT:6-2 WT: 200
Bats/Throws: R/R
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Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
2010	135	497	60	127	19	0	4	35	56	57	6	2	.256	.337	.655
*James	147	558	79	159	28	1	8	60	29	84	6	4	.285	.366	.382
*ZIPS	144	533	72	143	25	1	11	55	56	71	5	4	.268	.345	.381

J.P. Arencibia

Catcher
Age: 25
HT:6-1 WT: 210
Bats/Throws: R/R
Player Bio Page

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
2010	11	35	3	5	1	0	2	4	2	11	0	0	.143	.189	.343
*ZIPS	135	539	63	124	32	1	25	80	31	142	0	0	.230	.273	.432

Rajai Davis

Centre Field
Age: 30
HT:5-10 WT: 195
Bats/Throws: R/R
Player Bio Page

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
2010	143	525	66	149	28	3	5	52	26	78	50	11	.284	.320	.377
*James	135	404	57	116	22	2	4	37	26	58	39	13	.287	.336	.381
*ZIPS	137	432	64	120	24	4	6	46	25	68	41	11	.273	.318	.380

Edwin Encarnacion

Third Base
Age: 28
HT:6-2 WT: 230
Bats/Throws: R/R
Player Bio Page

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
2010	96	332	47	81	16	2	21	51	29	60	1	0	.244	.305	.482
*James	122	430	61	111	26	1	22	67	44	82	2	1	.258	.3335	.477

Juan Rivera

Designated Hitter / Left Field
Age: 32
HT:6-2 WT: 230
Bats/Throws: R/R
Player Bio Page

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
2010	124	416	53	105	20	0	15	52	33	58	2	2	.252	.312	.409
*James	121	381	48	103	21	0	15	58	28	50	1	1	.270	.324	.444
*ZIPS	113	392	49	105	19	0	15	58	27	50	1	2	.268	.315	.431

The Bill James projections are provided by Baseball info Solutions. To order the Bill James complete 2011 Projections, click here.

The Zips projections are created by Dan Szymborski and provided by baseballthinkfactory.org. For the complete Toronto Blue Jays projections, click here.