Carlos Beltran is Heating Up

Take a look at his recent numbers and how he projects for the year:

2008 Season Stats
SPLITS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Season	58	213	41	57	17	3	6	37	37	37	7	1	.268	.373	.460	.833
Career	1378	5326	960	1490	295	61	242	912	628	984	257	35	.280	.355	.494	.850
Last 7	7	24	5	8	2	0	2	8	6	2	0	0	.333	.452	.667	1.118
Proj	162	595	115	159	47	8	17	103	103	103	20	3	.268	.373	.460	.833

And then look at his career numbers:

Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP		AVG	OBP	SLG
1998	Royals	14	58	12	16	5	3	0	0	7	3	0	12	0	1	1		.276	.317	.466
1999	Royals	156	663	112	194	27	7	22	0	108	46	2	123	0	10	4		.293	.337	.454
2000	Royals	98	372	49	92	15	4	7	0	44	35	2	69	2	4	0		.247	.309	.366
2001	Royals	155	617	106	189	32	12	24	2	101	52	2	120	1	5	5		.306	.362	.514
2002	Royals	162	637	114	174	44	7	29	2	105	71	1	135	3	7	4		.273	.346	.501
2003	Royals	141	521	102	160	14	10	26	0	100	72	4	81	0	7	2		.307	.389	.522
2004	Royals	69	266	51	74	19	2	15	0	51	37	7	44	1	3	2		.278	.367	.534
2004	Astros	90	333	70	86	17	7	23	0	53	55	3	57	2	4	5		.258	.368	.559
2005	Mets	151	582	83	155	34	2	16	0	78	56	5	96	4	6	2		.266	.330	.414
2006	Mets	140	510	127	140	38	1	41	3	116	95	6	99	1	7	4		.275	.388	.594
2007	Mets	144	554	93	153	33	3	33	0	112	69	10	111	1	10	2		.276	.353	.525
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP		AVG	OBP	SLG
10 Years		1,320	5,113	919	1,433	278	58	236	7	875	591	42	947	15	64	31		.280	.354	.496

In the immortal words of a great 60s songwriter, "Something tells me we're into something good"...he is going to have a monster season when it's all said and done.

I expect 120+ RBIs.