Circling the Bases: Third Base Slugging

Adrian Beltre is out of control. Insanely out of control. Over his last seven games he has gone deep five times with eight RBI, eight runs scored and 14 hits. Oh, it's much more than that too. Double that games played sample size and Beltre ends up with 11 homers, 21 RBI, 16 runs scored an a .435 batting average over 17 games. With that run of untold success, Beltre has pushed his season long fantasy line up to .320-30-89-82. If he maintains that batting average, this would be his second .320 mark in three seasons (he has only hit .300 two times previously in a career that began in 1998 as he hit .334 in 2004 and .321 in 2010). With 30 homers, this is also the third time he has reached that level including last season when he hit 32 homers. What makes that so significant is that he now has 30 homers in his age 32 and 33 seasons. There have only been three other third baseman who have gone deep 30 times in his age 32 and 33 seasons: Harmon Killebrew, Mike Schmidt and Alex Rodriguez.


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