Reynolds Recall Part III

Albert Pujols hit two homeruns today, so naturally I decided that it was time to revisit our old friend, Harold Reynolds, from the MLB Network. If you're unfamiliar with the story I implore you to go here and catch up. This is a brief summation of Mr. Reynolds commenting on the apparent absurdity of the baseball predictions system, PECOTA--back in February:

"There aint no way Albert (Pujols) is getting 133 RBI's with that club. It aint happenin!"

A lot of time has passed since we last checked in on Pujols' RBI status back in June. Since then he's had to endure a couple of cold streaks, including a 15-game stretch in which he hit .207 with only 3 Runs Batted In (omg!). Let's take a gander at his progress, shall we?

Total: 124 RBI (2nd in ML)
Current Pace: 143 RBI

The Cardinals still have 21 games left, people. I wonder if they'll let the old scout in the straw hat make predictions on the show next year. Him and the futuristic, nerdy PECOTA computer thingy should face off. That would be epic...

Reynolds Recall

Remember when Harold Reynolds so adamantly objected to PECOTA's prediction that Albert Pujols would drive in 133 runs this year? He said,

"There aint no way Albert (Pujols) is getting 133 RBI's with that club. It aint happenin!"

Well, while I put hardly any stock into the RBI statistic at all, I found it satisfyingly interesting to see Pujols' total through the first 23 games of the season.

Total: 28 RBI (1st in ML)
Current Pace: 197 RBI

Stick that stogie in your mouth and smoke it!