| There are a lot of different reasons why home run numbers may be up, and some have already been brought up...here's another one that maybe people didnt think of:
The WBC.
Rather than spending March playing relaxing,meaningless spring training games, a lot of the big name players (including current HR leader Albert Pujols) were bringing their "A" game all spring. As a result, they may have entered the season more ready to play, or "in the zone", so to speak.
It may also be natural variation in the averages. What I mean is, let's say 1200 home runs will be hit this year (about 200 per month, or 50 per week. It's a low number, but I'm using it just for simplicity's sake)...there will be some months where there will be more homeruns, and some where there will be less. It won't just be 200 every month. Perhaps, April is just one of those "hot" months for hitters this year. and then there will be a slow month later in the season to bring it back down to the average. |